One of the things junior doctors have complained about is that, in future, instead of fining hospitals money if they ask junior doctors to work too long, they will use other means to regulate working hours. Given that a) any fines have to come out of money which should be used for patient care b) hospitals and NHS trusts generally don't have to balance their budgets anyway and c) those hospitals which are most stretched are most likely to overwork doctors, but least likely to be able to afford fines, isn't that an argument to take money away from patients to protect the working hours of junior doctors?
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One of the things junior doctors have complained about is that, in future, instead of fining hospitals money if they ask junior doctors to work too long, they will use other means to regulate working hours. Given that a) any fines have to come out of money which should be used for patient care b) hospitals and NHS trusts generally don't have to balance their budgets anyway and c) those hospitals which are most stretched are most likely to overwork doctors, but least likely to be able to afford fines, isn't that an argument to take money away from patients to protect the working hours of junior doctors?
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