The statutory requirement for Foundation Year 1 doctors to be contractually resident in or conveniently near to the hospital or health centre where they are working ceased from 1 August 2007 when the repeal of ss10 - 13 of the Medical Act 1983 was enacted and the new section 10A came into force.
Given the short notice given of this change in 2007, and in line with guidance given by the Department of Health, NHS Employers strongly encouraged trusts to maintain existing accommodation arrangements in the period until 1 August 2008 under which these doctors were provided with accommodation at no charge to facilitate their rotations. This was particularly important given the scale of other changes to the recruitment process and to medical training in general in 2007.
