Flexible partial shifts should be made to work

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EDITOR,--The new deal on junior doctors' hours arose out of an agreement signed in 1990, the government having been forced to address the issue of hours of work by a sustained campaign of publicity by junior doctors over the proceeding 3 years. Under the terms of the new deal no doctors should work more than 56 hours, whatever their working pattern. Set in the context of a maximum average of 72 hours on call, this obviously implies periods of rest.1 Despite the rantings of Christopher Wong this is not a new policy.1 2 The …

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