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Fight as junior doctors' hours cut in the UK

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   August 03, 2009

Doctors' leaders in the United Kingdom claim the National Health Service has failed to prepare properly for cuts in junior doctors' working hours. Under the rules, junior doctors working hours were cut from 56 to 48 hours a week to comply with the European working time directive. The British Medical Association says the assembly government and NHS trusts have not planned to cover the reduced staffing that will result.

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