§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the recommended working hours per week of junior doctors. [47749]
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§ Mr. MilburnThe working hours of junior doctors are limited by the New Deal on junior doctors' hours, introduced in June 1991. Overall contracted hours of duty should not exceed 72 hours a week on-call, and for partial shifts and full shift working the maxima are 64 hours and 56 hours a week respectively. Regardless of working pattern, no doctor should actually be working more than 56 hours a week on average within those contracted duty hours.