Learning on ScreenJunior doctors have working week capped at 72 hours
- Title
- Junior doctors have working week capped at 72 hours
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 17 Dec 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:51
- Description
- Health Minister Virginia Bottomley has signed an agreement to reduce the long work hours of junior doctors capping it to 72 hours. Bottomley is interviewed on the agreement, why it will take 5 years to phase in and where the £12million finance required will come from. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Virginia Bottomley
- Keywords
- Health services; Working conditions; NHS; Working time; Doctors; Medical training
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