Almost half of trainee doctors working longer hours were involved in adverse events

The Medical Council survey found that trainee doctors who worked shorter hours were involved in fewer adverse events.  Stock picture: Pexels

A Medical Council survey has found that just under half of trainee doctors who work more than 59 hours a week have been involved in an “adverse event”.

This is an event that leads to an undesired patient outcome that may or may not be the result of an error, or is an incident which resulted in harm to the patient.