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Doctors' hours limit could be disaster for UK's health service

NHS trusts are ill-prepared for new limits on junior doctor hours because of a lack of Government support and confusion over the legislative details, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

Doctors' leaders have informed a House of Lords inquiry that national guidance has failed to materialise on how trusts can cut junior doctors' hours to 58-per week - just months away from an August deadline.