The New Deal

The Limits on Hours

Health Service Circular 1998/240

Contracts and Pay

Inappropriate Duties

Other Health Professionals

Living and Work Conditions

A Definition of Rest

Monitoring and Reporting

Problems and Queries

Workforce Development Confederations

Banding Costs Table

The European Working Time Directive (EWTD)

What's Required and by When

Practical guidance on achieving EWTD compliance

Delivering effective medical training under EWTD

Support for the Change Process

Who Needs to do What?

Further Guidance

Other factors impacting on the working hours of doctors in training

Background on Relevant Initiatives/Publications

DRS - General Information

The Main DRS Screen

Methods of data input

The Normal Week Input Screen

The Group Information Input Screen

DRS - Work Patterns

The Work Pattern Design Screen

Duty Codes Creation and Update

Placing Duties in the Work Pattern

Full Shift Builder

Prospective Cover

Diary Cards

Introduction to Diary Card Studies

Guidelines for the Successful use of Diary Cards

Printing Blank Diary Cards

The Diary Card Input Screen

Diary Card Entry and Update

Diary Cards - "Normal Day" Entry

Diary Cards - "Day With Out of Hours Work" Entry

Diary Cards - "Day After On Call" Entry

Diary Cards - "Other Day" Entry

Diary Cards - Average Duty/Work Calculation

Diary Cards - Group Analysis

Diary Cards - Banding Calculation

DRS - Reporting

Using the Print Preview Screen

The Analysis Report

New Deal Analysis Calculations

European Working Time Directive Analysis Calculations

Banding Calculations

Return Summary Print

Roster Print

Print Re-Banding Details

Print Analysis with Re-Banding Confirmation

DRS - Configuration, backup etc.

The DRS System Configuration Screen

Saving Work Patterns to File

Data Backup

DRS Activity Analysis

Introduction to Activity Analysis

Setting up Activity Analysis Categories

Activity Analysis Charts

DRS - Re-Banding Approval System

Re-Banding Approval System Overview

Setting up Access to the Web Database

Re-Banding - Requests for Approval

Re-Banding - Granting Approval

Bulk Synchronise with Web Database

Get Approval Status from the Web Database