Should pregnant doctors be able to stop working "unsocial hours"?
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Should pregnant doctors be able to stop working "unsocial hours"?
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When doctors were expected to work 36 hour shifts or 72 hours weekends one had some sympathy with those who withdrew from night work at a late stage of pregnancy. Now that junior doctors are limited t
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Should pregnant doctors be able to stop working "unsocial hours"?
posted at 9/6/2012 12:22 PM BST
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When doctors were expected to work 36 hour shifts or 72 hours weekends one had some sympathy with those who withdrew from night work at a late stage of pregnancy. Now that junior doctors are limited to a 48 hour week and work shifts, they appear still to feel they have the right, sometimes from 20 weeks, to withdraw themselves from night or weekend work. The nursing staff, who work similar shifts, albeit for fewer hours, do not have this right. In my region, no-one has had the courage to tell them this is unreasonable. Is it? What do other regions do? |
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Re: Should pregnant doctors be able to stop working "unsocial hours"?
posted at 12/6/2012 6:27 PM BST
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I stopped working nights after i became I'll on a nightshift at 20 weeks. My body told me to slow down, not me. I found at a later date (in a job where the rota coordinator did not give me any long shifts (which ruled out nights and weekends) I was far more tired doing my duties than my colleagues. I think that if my hours could not have been altered (but still 43 1/2 hours a week) then I would have left to go on leave much earlier. |
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Re: Should pregnant doctors be able to stop working "unsocial hours"?
posted at 21/6/2012 5:51 PM BST
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In Response to Should pregnant doctors be able to stop working "unsocial hours"?: When doctors were expected to work 36 hour shifts or 72 hours weekends one had some sympathy with those who withdrew from night work at a late stage of pregnancy. Now that junior doctors are limited to a 48 hour week and work shifts, they appear still to feel they have the right, sometimes from 20 weeks, to withdraw themselves from night or weekend work. The nursing staff, who work similar shifts, albeit for fewer hours, do not have this right. In my region, no-one has had the courage to tell them this is unreasonable. Is it? What do other regions do? Posted by FionaC As a 23 week pregnant SHO i do not think this is unreasonable. Where i work pregnant women do not automatically stop working out of hours after 20 weeks they have to have an occupational health assesment if they themselves or HR feel they are no longer able to do out of hours. I am shocked and disgusted by the negative and in many cases purely ignorant opinions my work colleagues have expressed about the fact that i no longer work out of hours. I do wonder why the entered a caring profession. Also i don't feel that anyone that has not been pregnant themselves can have a realistic opinion on the matter and should reserve judgement until they have been through it themselves. |
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