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Petition · past parliament

Revise the new junior doctor contract from 2016 to improve working conditions.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Junior doctors work in a demanding job all hours of day and night. They miss time with their families. They pay professional fees and have trained for many years, accruing thousands in debt. This contract represents a real-terms pay cut and an unreasonable definition of sociable hours. Rewrite it.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

I'm sorry - we cannot accept duplicate petitions. We think this petition is similar to yours:

The DDRB's proposals to change Junior Doctor's contracts CANNOT go ahead.

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Timeline

21 Sep 2015 Petition opened for signatures
23 Sep 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Sep 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.