Junior Doctors Hours - Medical Workforce Planning

 

Partial Shifts

Maximum average hours worked: 56 per week

Partial Shifts - New Deal Rules
Maximum average duty hours 64 per week
Maximum continuous duty period 16 hrs
Minimum off duty 8 hrs
Minimum continuous off duty periods 1 x 48 hrs = 1 x 62 hrs
Total rest of 1/4 out of hours duty period (frequent short breaks unacceptable) on 75% of nights