title: Does money or the law reduce doctors' working hours in the UK?
abstract: What can be learned from a 45-year journey to reduced junior doctors' working hours? The authors investigated the impact of financially punitive measures (the 2001 New Deal contract) and legislation (Working Time Regulations) on the average working week for doctors-in-training.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry National Institute for Health Research Academic Clinical Fellow (ST3).
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreton
authors.affiliation: Forensic Psychiatry ST5 in Health Education North West, 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BN.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D006113:United Kingdom; D016526:Workload / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*