Implications of the Working Time Regulations on district nurse practice.
In this article Richard Griffith considers the impact of two recent developments, in case law from the European Court of Justice and a professional misconduct from the nursing and midwifery council, on the application of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Health Science, Swansea University.
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D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D013222:State Medicine; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D016526:Workload / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
fitness to practice wWorking Time Regulations 1998; health and safety; multiple jobs; travel from home to patients