There will be no exceptions made
to plans to accommodate an EU directive reducing average working
hours for doctors, Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin said on
Thursday.
"I've given my offices the job of drawing up a normative
proposal to avoid problems, but I can say in advance that it
does not foresee further exceptions to European regulation," she
said.
Health sector unions and associations on Thursday warned
that hospitals and other structures would not be able to
guarantee some services without allowing some exceptions to the
working hours rules.
Groups including Fiaso and Feder-Sanità-Ansi signed a
motion against the plans and said the new regulation posed
serious risks "in a period in which resources for staff are at a
minimum with spending constantly being reduced in recent years
as a result of measures such as the block on staff turnover".
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