Public Health: Night-time Working Debate
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Public Health: Night-time Working
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Lord Kamall (Con)
As my noble friend will appreciate, I cannot comment on the details of a specific case, but I would welcome a conversation with my noble friend. The general issue has to be that we make sure that patients are treated as well as possible but that staff and employers are treated with as much as dignity as they deserve.
Lord Flight (Con)
Approximately what proportion of total working is represented by night working?
Lord Kamall (Con)
There are various surveys and debates, and it depends on whether you work purely at night-time or sometimes your shift might involve working at night-time. One estimate is that, at the moment, as many as one in nine workers works at night, but it depends on where you draw that definition.