Your champion of safe working hours

Dr Avinash Kapoor.jpgThe Guardian of Safe Working Hours for the Trust is Dr Avinash Kapoor, Consultant Anaesthetist. Dr Avinash Kapoor is responsible for protecting the safeguards outlined in the 2016 Terms and Conditions for doctors in training. As Guardian, he works with trainees to address compliance of safe working hours, as they arise, and provide assurances to the Trust board that junior doctors are safely rostered and are working safe hours. He will:

  • Act as the champion of safe working hours
  • Receive your exception reports and record and monitor compliance against your terms and conditions
  • Intervene to reduce any identified risks to you or your patients' safety
  • Undertake a work schedule review where there are regular or persistent breaches in safe working hours
  • Distribute monies received as a consequence of financial penalties, to improve your training and service experience
  • Resident doctors also have a personal responsibility to ensure they are fit and safe to work and do not work excessive hours outside their main employment.

Dr Avinash Kapoor needs your help to participate in a Resident Doctor Forum that will help oversee and monitor compliance with safe working hours and in addition help provide valuable insights and advice on how we can change and shape junior doctor's rotas. For further information on the forum, please contact: cdda-tr.MedEdpostgradtraining@nhs.net.

The Medical Education Quality and Compliance Team are available to help with queries in relation to your rota template, exception reporting and the Junior Doctor contract. Please email: cddft.med-edqualityandcompliance@nhs.net.

If you would like to discuss any issues around working hours, please email: cdda-tr.GuardianSafeworking@nhs.net