TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence and type of multitasking behaviour among junior doctors working out of hours JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - s7 LP - s7 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.4-2-s7 VL - 4 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Polly Simpson AU - James Pinchin AU - Sophie Middleton AU - John Blakey Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/4/Suppl_2/s7.abstract N2 - ‘Out of hours’ care (outside 5pm–9am Monday–Friday) accounts for 75% of the NHS working year. During this time, staffing levels are lower and proportionally more of the doctors present are in training grades. Recent health policy debates suggest that changes are needed at these times to improve safety and efficiency, but also that informed decisions are difficult without objective information on how doctors’ time is spent. Interventions for single aspects … ER -