No time to train the surgeons: Summary of rapid responses

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1134-c

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Birte Twisselmann, technical editor

EDITOR—The 35 responses to the editorial by Chikwe et al overwhelmingly agree that surgeons' training in the United Kingdom has suffered under Calmanisation and will suffer more when the European Working Time Directive comes into force.1 Not all respondents find that the time invested in training is at issue (some reckon that the hours presented in the editorial do not quite add up), being more concerned about the …