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Trainees encouraged to lie about work hours

HSJ - 28th May 2009 4:48 pm

Trainees are being encouraged to lie about their hours to make trusts appear to be compliant with the Working Time Directive.

Out of 31,360 trainee doctors responding to a question by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board, one in 10 whose hours were compliant on paper said they were being asked to lie.

HSJ recently revealed strategic health authorities were predicting that a third of hospital rotas risked missing the August deadline.

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