SIR – It was good to read the Countess of Carnarvon’s common-sense arguments about farming and the environment (“Happy farmers keep our environment healthy”, Comment, December 27). While rewilding is important, the food we eat is even more so, and we need to grow as much as we can to be self-sufficient and not rely on importing from elsewhere – with the consequent effects on the environment. Farmers in this country need our support. Sue Wakelin Woolton Hill, Hampshire
A recent general meeting of the Royal College of Anaesthetists voted to demand better postgraduate training for doctors.1 Rotational training for doctors can have huge negative effects on morale, patient care, educational opportunities, and home life.1
Improving the quality and availability of postgraduate training posts for doctors is key to having a viable NHS and a healthy population. Four months on from the publication of the NHS workforce plan,2 we should admit that it overlooked training doctors. We need doctors who can uniquely manage complexity and plan personalised care crucially, understanding when to avoid excess healthcare and overmedicalisation.
Postgraduate training for doctors is broken, and they don’t feel valued. Doctors in …
In its September 2022 decision on the recording of working hours (Case No. 1 ABR 22/21), the German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, or BAG) not only attracted a great deal of.