BMA Fatigue and Facilities Charter
Charter from the British Medical Association setting out what NHS employers should provide so doctors on long and night shifts can rest, eat and sleep safely: rest rooms open around the clock, places to nap, and rota limits on runs of long shifts and recovery after nights. The BMA asked trusts to sign up, and the government later funded rest facilities; Northern Ireland doctors issued their own version in 2021.
- Years
- 2018–now
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Topic
- Health workforcePatient safetySleep
- Asks people to
- Support a policy
- Strategy
- Environmental supportPolicy paired
- Channel
- PrintWebsite
- Audience
- CliniciansNHS trusts and boards, junior (resident) doctors and their forums
Evidence
ProcessUnknown
BMA reported that all English NHS trusts had signed up by May 2018; the Department of Health and Social Care later announced GBP 10 million for rest facilities. No study of effects on doctors' sleep or safety found.
Sponsor (who paid)
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Sources
Research notes
Created 2026-10-24 by an AI research pass for #103 (G2); not reviewed by a person. The 2018 charter PDF now returns 404; its contents, sign-up and funding come from search-result snippets, not opened pages. Only the 2022 BMA Northern Ireland article was opened. To verify: 2018 launch (reportedly World Sleep Day, March 2018); all English trusts signed up by May 2018; GBP 10m funding (GBP 30,000 per trust); NI charter in 2021; rota limits (4 long shifts, 7 shifts in a row, 72 hours in 168, 46 hours after nights).
Record cases/bma-fatigue-and-facilities-charter.json, updated 2026-10-24· Link to this campaign