TY  - JOUR
AB  - Proposed changes in medical staffing levels and pressure for
reduced hours of work by junior doctors have focused attention on
out‐of‐hours work by junior doctors in the United Kingdom. Junior
doctors are on average on duty for over 90 hours per week, and
preregistration house officers typically spend almost 70 hours per week
actually working. There has been a decline in contracted hours for
junior doctors during the 1980s, but an increase in the number of hours
on duty and, in the cases of paediatrics and general surgery, an
increase in the number of hours worked. Current policy is for expansion
in consultant numbers and reduction in junior staff. Critics argue that
the planned expansion of consultant posts is inadequate and the absence
of registrars in some specialties is dangerous. Previous attempts to
reduce the number of hours on duty had little success: suggested
solutions have not been implemented widely. One possible solution may be
reducing and reallocating out‐of‐hours work. It has been suggested that
many of the current tasks undertaken by junior hospital doctors could be
performed by non‐medical staff. A thorough examination of the tasks
actually undertaken by junior hospital doctors outside normal working
hours is required.
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
SN  - 0268-9235
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000001317
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001317
AU  - McKee Martin
AU  - Black Nick
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - Hours of Work of Junior Hospital Doctors: Is There a Solution?
T2  - Journal of Management in Medicine
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 40
EP  - 54
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -