Weekly working time limits for doctors in training reduced to 48 hours

Implementation date: 1 August 2009

The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2003 amend the Working Time Regulations 1998 to provide for the 48-hour working time limit for doctors in training to be phased in over a period ending on 31 July 2009. After initially restricting weekly working time limits for doctors in training to 58 hours from 1 August 2004, then to 56 hours from 1 August 2007, the Regulations make a further reduction to 48. The Regulations can be viewed on the OPSI website.
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