Indurain's Lungs
Legend of Garry Nelson
Very much this.I thought there were several issues. Changing of the core hours is purely a money saving exercise by the government. I believe there are also changes to remove restrictions/financial penalties on trusts that overwork doctor which could easily lead to doctors having to work longer. Dr's who are on call will only get paid if they are called. So, you can't do anything in case you get called. You can't travel too far, you can't have drink so for giving up those sort of things, you get no compensation if the call doesn't come in. On top of this there is all this bullshit about the NHS 'becoming' a 7 day a week service. It is already. You have a heart attack on a Saturday, you get treated.
The on call thing is new to most and is a sneaky way to overwork. They claim lots of new limits on working but on call does not count in the hours, even if you work and they can make you work every on call.