Urgent changes needed to improve welfare of junior doctors, union leaders warn
A BMA Scotland survey found 75 per cent of junior doctors felt exhausted or tired at work after four consecutive long shifts
Junior doctors wear scrubs and masks as they sit down in a silent protest outside Bristol Royal Infirmary on the second day of all-out strike action in April 2016
URGENT changes are needed to improve the welfare of junior doctors, union leaders have said.
A British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland survey found 75 per cent of junior doctors felt exhausted or tired at work after four consecutive long shifts.
About half of those who responded to the survey said their current rota contained at least four consecutive shifts lasting longer than 10 hours, with over two-thirds claiming they did not feel supported by their employer in relation to their wellbeing.
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