The Conquest Hospital, East Sussex Hospitals Trust, St. Leonards on Sea.
Clin Med (Lond). 2010 Apr;10(2):134-7. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-2-134.
To comply with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD), from 1 August 2009, junior doctors are required to work no more than 48 hours per week. In accordance with this, East Sussex Hospitals Trust introduced changes to working practice in August 2007. To assess the impact upon patient care and junior doctor welfare a retrospective observational survey comparing data from the year prior to and the year following August 2007 was conducted. No impact on the standard of patient care, as measured by length of stay, death during admission or readmission was found. However, there was a notable increase in episodes of sick leave among junior doctors. Implementation of the EWTD may maintain standards of patient care but may be detrimental to the welfare of doctors in training.
为了遵守欧洲工作时间指令（EWTD），自 2009 年 8 月 1 日起，初级医生每周的工作时间不得超过 48 小时。根据这一规定，东萨塞克斯郡医院信托基金于 2007 年 8 月对工作方式进行了调整。为了评估对患者护理和初级医生福利的影响，对 2007 年 8 月之前和之后的一年的数据进行了回顾性观察调查。没有发现对患者护理标准（以住院时间、住院期间死亡或再次入院来衡量）产生影响。然而，初级医生的病假缺勤率显著增加。实施 EWTD 可能会维持患者护理的标准，但可能对培训医生的福利造成不利影响。
