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"Mr President, we generally welcome these reports and their recommendations. I particularly want to speak about doctors in training. As others have said, it has been a concern in a number of Member States for many years and of particular concern for EU residents who travel, let alone those who reside in places like the United Kingdom or Ireland.
Some Member States have clearly not acted quickly enough on this. Looking at some of the rates of pay for overtime one might understand their lack of incentive. However, we believe that now is the time to up the pace for change.
The working time for more than one quarter of a million doctors in training in the European Union is an issue of health and safety for the doctors themselves, who should have the same rights to safeguard their health and personal lives as those they treat. It is a similar issue for those who need treatment. We want to be sure that those treating us are able to act effectively and efficiently, which we cannot be when we have research showing that 24 hours of sustained wakefulness reduces performance to levels associated with excessive alcohol intake without – I would argue – some of the pleasures.
Training doctors is a lengthy and expensive business, we are told. It is a reason for giving a lengthy implementation time, some governments argue. However, there is reason to believe that the harsh working hours contribute to a significant drop-out rate, with a particular impact on women junior doctors. We therefore urge colleagues to support the four years proposed in this report because we believe we need to accelerate change through negotiation."@en1
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