Patientsafety is of paramount importance and the Executive wants all doctors in trainingto enjoy safe working conditions and provide the highest quality of patientcare.The biggest impact for NHS boardsin Scotland will be providing out of hours services inhospitals. Boards are currently looking at different ways of providing safe sustainable,services overnight for example multi-disciplinary mixed skill teams, crosscover, night nurse practitioners.We have been working closelywith ministers across the UK to put forward a Europe-wide solution to thesituation created by the recent legal rulings.