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Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 1567

Terms And Conditions Of Employment

The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made

25th June 2009

Laid before Parliament

25th June 2009

Coming into force

1st August 2009

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to measures relating to the organisation of working time(2);

Accordingly the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 1st August 2009.

Amendments to regulation 25A of the Working Time Regulations 1998

2.  In regulation 25A (doctors in training) of the Working Time Regulations 1998(3)—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

(1) Paragraph (1) of regulation 4 is modified in its application to workers to whom this paragraph applies by substituting for the reference to 48 hours a reference to 52 hours with effect from 1st August 2009 until 31st July 2011.

(1A) Paragraph (1) applies to workers who are doctors in training who are employed—

(a) by an employer who is listed in column 1 of the table contained in Schedule 2A,

(b) at a place listed in column 2 of that table in respect of that employer,

(c) to provide at that place one of the specialist services listed in column 3 of that table in respect of that place, and

(d) in one of the grades listed in column 4 of that table in respect of that specialist service and, where applicable, working as part of a rota referred to in that column in respect of that grade, or those grades.

New Schedule 2A to the Working Time Regulations 1998

3.  After Schedule 2 (workers employed in agriculture) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 insert—

Regulation 25A(1A)

SCHEDULE 2A Doctors in training

Column 1

Employer

Column 2

Place

Column 3

Specialist Services

Column 4

Grade and, where applicable, Rota

England

East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(4) Derby City General Hospital Acute Medicine – Medical Assessment Unit F2, CT1 and CT2
Anaesthetics F2, ST3 to ST7
Anaesthetics – Obstetrics CT2, ST3 to ST7
Anaesthetics – Intensive Care CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7
Anaesthetics – Theatres ST3 to ST7
Clinical Oncology/ Haematology/ Palliative Medicine F2, CT1 and CT2
General Medicine F2, CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7
General Surgery ST3 to ST8
General Surgery/ ENT/ Urology F2, CT1 and CT2
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3 to ST7
Paediatrics ST3 to ST8
Urology CT2, ST3 to ST7
Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service Trust(5) Nottingham City Hospital Neonatology ST4 to ST8
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham General Surgery and Vascular Surgery ST4 to ST8
Neonatology ST4 to ST8
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(6) Kings Mill Hospital Anaesthetics F2, CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

F2, ST1 to ST7

Paediatrics

F2, ST1 to ST8
United Lincolnshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust(7) Grantham and District Hospital General Medicine F2, CT1 and CT2
Lincoln County Hospital Anaesthetics F2, CT1 and CT2
General Medicine ST3 to ST7
Pilgrim Hospital General Medicine ST3 to ST7
University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service Trust(8) Leicester Royal Infirmary Emergency Medicine ST3 to ST7
Paediatrics F2, ST1 to ST8
Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital Neonatology ST4 to ST8

East of England Strategic Health Authority area

Bedford Hospital National Health Service Trust(9) Bedford Hospital Cardiology ST3 to ST7
Care of the Elderly ST3 to ST7
Endocrinology and Diabetes ST3 to ST7
Respiratory ST3 to ST7
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(10) Addenbrookes Hospital Adult Intensive Care F2, CT1, CT2 and ST3
Transplantation ST3 to ST8
Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust(11) Hinchingbrooke Hospital Paediatrics ST3 to ST8
Hinchingbrooke Health Care National Health Service Trust(12) Hinchingbrooke Hospital General Surgery ST3 to ST7
Ipswich Hospital National Health Service Trust(13) The Ipswich Hospital Paediatrics ST3 to ST8
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(14) James Paget University Hospital Anaesthetics (Obstetrics, Pain, ITU and Theatres) CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST8
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3 to ST8
Paediatrics ST3 to ST8 – on call
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(15) Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Anaesthetics CT1, CT2 and ST3
Emergency Medicine ST3 to ST8 – Tier 2 (full shift rota – 24 hour service)
Trauma and Orthopaedics CST1 and CST2 – Tier 2 (full shift)
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust(16) Papworth Hospital Acute Specialties (Chest Medicine) F2, CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST8
Cardiothoracic Surgery F2, CT1 and CT2
Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgery ST3 to ST8
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(17) Peterborough District Hospital and Edith Cavell Hospital Urology ST3 to ST7
West Hertfordshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust(18) Hemel Hempstead Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3 to ST7
St Albans City Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3 to ST7
Watford General Hospital

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

ST3 to ST7

London Strategic Health Authority area

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals National Health Service Trust(19) Queen’s Hospital Ear Nose and Throat F2, CT1 and CT2
Maxillo Facial F2, CT1 and CT2
Neurosciences (Neurology and Neurosurgery) F2, ST1 and ST2
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children National Health Service Trust(20) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Cardiothoracic Surgery ST4 to ST6
Hillingdon Hospital National Health Service Trust(21) Hillingdon Hospital General Surgery (elective and non-elective) including Colorectal, Breast and Vascular F2, CT1, CT2 and ST3

Imperial College Healthcare National

Health Service Trust(22)

Charing Cross Hospital Neurosurgery ST3 to ST7
Hammersmith Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery ST3 to ST7
St Mary’s Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery F2, CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7
Kingston Hospital National Health Service Trust(23) Kingston Hospital Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, ACCS CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7
Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust(24) Whittington Hospital Anaesthetics/ ITU ST3 to ST7
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3 to ST7
Paediatrics ST4 to ST8
Paediatrics – Neonates ST1 to ST3

North East Strategic Health Authority area

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(25) Newcastle General Hospital Anaesthetics ST3 to ST7 – 1st on call
ST3 to ST7 – 2nd on call
Critical Care (ITU) ST3 to ST6
Paediatrics F2, ST1 to ST3 – 1st on call
ST4 to ST8 – 2nd on call
Paediatrics Intensive Care ST4 to ST8

North West Strategic Health Authority area

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust(26) Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery ST3 to ST8, SpR
East Lancashire Hospitals National Health Service Trust(27) Royal Blackburn Hospital Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) F2, ST1, ST2, CT1 and CT2 – 1st on call
Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital, Blackburn and Burnley Urgent Care Centres Emergency Medicine ST3 to ST7, SpR
Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital Trauma and Orthopaedics F2, ST1 and ST2 – 1st on call
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(28) Royal Preston Hospital Neurosurgery F2, CT1 and CT2 – 1st on call
ST3 to ST7, SpR – 2nd on call
North Cumbria University Hospitals National Health Service Trust(29) Cumberland Infirmary ENT/ Trauma and Orthopaedics/ OMFS F2, ST1, ST2, CT1 and CT2
General Medicine and medical specialties F1 – Acute 1st on call
F2, CT1 and CT2 – Acute 2nd on call
ST3 to ST7, SpR – Acute 3rd on call
General Surgery F1 – 1st on call
F2, CT1 and CT2 - 2nd on call
ST3 to ST7, SpR - 3rd on call
Obstetrics and Gynaecology F2, ST1 and ST2 – 1st on call
Trauma and Orthopaedics ST3 to ST7, SpR – 2nd on call
West Cumberland Hospital General Medicine and medical specialties F1 – Acute 1st on call
F2, CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7, SpR – Acute 2nd on call
General Surgery F1 – 1st on call
F2, CT1 and CT2 – 2nd on call
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3 to ST7, SpR – 2nd on call
Paediatrics F2, ST1 and ST2 – 1st on call
Trauma and Orthopaedics ST3 to ST7, SpR – 2nd on call
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals National Health Service Trust(30) Royal Liverpool University Hospital Renal Transplant Surgery ST3 to ST7, SpR
Trafford Healthcare National Health Service Trust(31) Trafford General Hospital Anaesthesia F2, CT1 and CT2 – 1st on call
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay National Health Service Trust(32) Furness General Hospital Paediatrics F2, ST1 and ST2
Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery National Health Service Trust(33) Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery Neurosciences F2, CT1 and CT2
Neurosurgery ST3 to ST7, SpR

South Central Strategic Health Authority area

Buckinghamshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust(34) Wycombe Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology F2, ST1 to ST7, FTSTA1 and FTSTA2
Paediatrics ST3 to ST8
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust(35) Milton Keynes General Hospital Anaesthetics ST3 to ST7
Anaesthetics – ITU FT2, CT1 and CT2
Anaesthetics – Theatres CT2, ST3 to ST7
Emergency Medicine ST3 to ST7
General Medicine ST3 to ST7
Paediatrics F2, ST1 to ST8
Surgery CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7
Trauma and Orthopaedics F2, CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST8
Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust(36) Queen Alexandra Hospital General Paediatrics ST3 to ST8
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3 to ST7
Southampton University Hospitals National Health Service Trust(37) Princess Anne Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3 to ST7
Southampton General Hospital Anaesthetics – Critical Care F2, CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7

South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals National Health Service Trust(38) Royal Sussex County Hospital Anaesthetics CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7
Princess Royal Hospital Anaesthetics CT1, CT2, ST3 to ST7
East Sussex Hospitals National Health Service Trust(39) Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital Emergency Medicine ST4 to ST7
Paediatrics ST4 to ST8
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust(40) Frimley Park Hospital Anaesthetics and Intensive Care (obstetric anaesthesia and critical care medicine) ST3 to ST7
Clinical Haematology ST3 to ST7
(2)

S.I. 1997/1174. Back [2]

(3)

S.I. 1998/1833, amended by S.I. 1999/3372, S.I. 2003/1684 and other instruments not relevant to these Regulations. Back [3]

(4)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c.43) with effect from 1st July 2004. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41), by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c.43). Back [4]

(5)

Established by SI 2006/782. Back [5]

(6)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st February 2007. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006. Back [6]

(7)

Established by S.I. 2000/410, as amended by S.I. 2001/154. Back [7]

(8)

Established by S.I. 1999/2921, as amended by S.I. 2003/2150. Back [8]

(9)

Established by S.I. 1991/2329. Back [9]

(10)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st July 2004. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006. Back [10]

(11)

Established by S.I. 2006/2072. Back [11]

(12)

Established by S.I. 1993/823. Back [12]

(13)

Established by S.I. 1992/2566. Back [13]

(14)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st August 2006. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006. Back [14]

(15)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006 with effect from 1st May 2008. Back [15]

(16)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st July 2004. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006. Back [16]

(17)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st April 2004. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006. Back [17]

(18)

Established by S.I. 2000/732. Back [18]

(19)

Established by S.I. 2000/1413, as amended by S.I. 2009/43. Back [19]

(20)

Established by S.I. 1994/400. Back [20]

(21)

Established by S.I. 1990/2418, as amended by S.I. 1999/1769. Back [21]

(22)

Established by S.I. 2007/2755. Back [22]

(23)

Established by S.I. 1990/2420. Back [23]

(24)

Established by S.I. 1992/2510. Back [24]

(25)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st June 2006. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006. Back [25]

(26)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006 with effect from 1st August 2008. Back [26]

(27)

Established by S.I. 2002/2073. Back [27]

(28)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st April 2005. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006. Back [28]

(29)

Established by S.I. 2001/656, as amended by S.I. 2008/1775. Back [29]

(30)

Established by S.I. 1994/3184. Back [30]

(31)

Established by S.I. 1994/180. Back [31]

(32)

Established by S.I. 1998/816, as amended by S.I. 2005/3493. Back [32]

(33)

Established by S.I. 1991/2411, as amended by S.I. 1996/982. Back [33]

(34)

Established by S.I. 2002/2419. Back [34]

(35)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006 with effect from 1st October 2007. Back [35]

(36)

Established by S.I. S.I. 1992/2506, as amended by S.I. 2004/75. Back [36]

(37)

Established by S.I. 1992/2509, as amended by S.I. 1999/884. Back [37]

(38)

Established by S.I. 1992/2536, as amended by S.I. 2003/866. Back [38]

(39)

Established by S.I. 2003/216, as amended by S.I. 2003/1063. Back [39]

(40)

Authorised as an NHS foundation trust under section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 with effect from 1st April 2005. The authorisation under the 2003 Act has effect as if given under section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006. Back [40]