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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Anita Beaumont

'Under the pump': Tired junior doctors fear making mistakes

More than half of junior doctors training at John Hunter Hospital feel they've made fatugue-induced errors. Picture by Marina Neil

MORE than half of junior doctors at John Hunter Hospital feel they have made a "fatigued-induced error", the latest Hospital Health Check survey shows.

Of the 74 doctors-in-training at John Hunter Hospital who participated in the 2022 Australian Medical Association NSW survey, 54 per cent felt they had made a mistake due to fatigue.

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