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Suing for lack of breaks
Break pay is deducted for locum shift work covering rota gaps every six hours regardless
BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1574 (Published 06 April 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k1574
- Victoria Asfour, clinical fellow
- Imperial College London, St Mary’s Hospital, London W2 1NY
- mdb99va{at}doctors.org.uk
Junior doctors are right to take a trust to court for denying them breaks every four hours.1
In addition, we as junior doctors often have to do extra locum shift work to help to cover …
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