NCHDs’ working-week compliance at 48%

Almost half (48 per cent) of NCHDs were compliant with the 48-hour average working week in March 2014, compared to just 34 per cent in March 2013, figures reveal. A total of 93 per cent of NCHDs did not work greater than 24 hours on-site on-call in March, against 42.8 per cent from March last year. A comparison between data collated as part of monthly reporting of EWTD compliance in March 2014 with data from 2013 showed significant progress, the HSE said. Some 87 per cent of NCHDs received daily breaks in March 2014 as compared to 33.9 per cent…