Hours of work: health (England and Wales)
Updating author: Julie Steele
Consultant editor: Capsticks
Summary
- A number of resources providing guidance on the Working Time Regulations 1998 are available. (See Doctors in training and the Working Time Regulations 1998)
- The New Deal introduced minimum rest periods and a limit on the number of hours worked by junior doctors. (See The New Deal)
- Guidance is available for junior doctors working night shifts. (See Night shift - guide for junior doctors)
- Specific provision is made for Agenda for Change staff working unsocial hours (See See Unsocial hours)