What are minimum enforced breaks?

Find out what we mean by 'minimum enforced breaks' and how these can be used by your organisation

Organisations can set the length of the break to be automatically applied to each shift, which serves the dual purpose of making clinicians aware of their break entitlements, and encourages them to take that break.

Enforced breaks will be dependent on the organisation settings.

It is essential to note that minimum enforced breaks are distinct from our standard break functionality. These breaks cannot be reduced by the worker below the minimum time required by the trust. Workers can still add additional time onto their breaks should their break go over the specified time 

That means you can be sure your staffing practices uphold contractual requirements, keeping your staff safe and your organisation fully compliant.

This feature is optional, but strongly recommended to support best practices in workforce management. 

If you are interested in switching this feature on for your organisation, please contact help@patchwork.health