‘As doctors, we don’t surrender our basic employment rights, despite the unsocial hours and long shifts. The below guidance seeks to set out the minimum standard of care for our pregnant colleagues,’ writes obs and gynae trainee Lydia Akinola

‘We have clear, unequivocal evidence of the negative effect certain working patterns, common in medicine, can have on the health of mother and fetus,’ writes consultant obstetrician Ruth-Anna MacQueen 

Guidance for doctors who are pregnant or breastfeeding

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