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An article evaluating the effect of the Clinical Communique has been published by the BMJ
The primary aim of this study was to explore whether subscribers reported clinical practice changes as a result of reading the CC. It also compared the characteristics of subscribers who self-reported changes to clinical practice with those who did not, and explores subscribers’ perceptions of the educational value of the CC.

Safe working hours for doctors – Whose duty of care?
Many doctors work unsafe hours with extended shifts, overtime and on-call rosters. In the pursuit
of safer systems of work and improvements to standards of patient care, the issue of excessive
working hours has long been the ‘elephant in the room’.