Resident doctors end dispute over working conditions after agreeing changes

The BMA’s Resident Doctors Committee (RDC) has reached an agreement with the government over how exception reporting in England will be reformed, officially ending the union’s dispute with the government over the issue.

Exception reporting is the process through which doctors can report differences in their total hours worked when compared with their set schedule—times when they were unable to take their contractual rest breaks or when educational or training opportunities were missed—and …