NHS Employers responds to new measures to improve the working lives of doctors

Responding to a letter from NHS England setting out measures to improving the working lives of junior doctors Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, said: 

“These are important steps to improve the working and educational lives of doctors in training.  NHS Employers has worked with NHS England to identify those areas where individual employers can offer a more consistent and positive experience of HR processes to doctors in training. 

"We have also been part of making the case for longer term reform of the system of rotations between large numbers of organisations for often very small periods of time which is clearly no longer fit for purpose.  We look forward to working with medical representatives, regulators and our members to ensure the effective implementation of these plans.”