HC Deb 02 July 2001 vol 371 c31W
Dr. Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he estimates that junior doctors will be required to work a maximum of 56 hours a week. [R] [1483]

Mr. Hutton

Monitoring carried out at the end of March 2001 indicated that only some 21 per cent. of junior doctors were still working more than 56 hours a week.

From 1 August this year, pre-registration house officers will by contract be limited to an average 56 hours a week maximum, and all other junior doctors, Senior House Officers and Specialist Registrars, will be similarly protected from August 2003.