Resident doctors: NHS issues 10 point plan to tackle “unacceptable” working conditions

NHS England has issued a 10 point plan to improve the working lives of the 75 000 resident doctors it says form the "backbone" of the health service. The plan, sent to NHS trusts on 29 August, emphasised the importance of fixing "unacceptable working practices" that younger doctors too often face during their employment.1 These include tackling "basic issues" such as payroll errors, poor rota management, lack of access to rest facilities and hot food, and unnecessarily repeating training, it said (box 1). Box 1 ### NHS England's 10 point plan to improve resident doctors' working livesRETURN TO TEXT