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Junior psychiatrists and the “new deal”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Smith ,
Simone England ,
Monica Doshi  and
Mark Weaver
Simon Smith
Affiliation:
Monyhull Hospital, Kings Norton, Birmingham B30 3QB
Simone England
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital
Monica Doshi
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2QZ
Mark Weaver
Affiliation:
St Margaret's Hospital, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 7EZ
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The “new deal” for junior doctors is set to ensure reduction of hours worked to a maximum of 72 per week by the end of 1996. To facilitate this reduction, juniors with a higher workload are being asked to consider alternative working patterns to the traditional “on-call” total system, and either work full shift systems (e.g. as in casualty departments) or a partial shift system that falls between these two extremes.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , April 1993 , pp. 227 - 228
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