What do the new rules for free childcare mean for doctors with young children?

3 November 2025

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By Erin Dean

The new 30 hours’ free childcare scheme is now fully in place for working parents – but many of the difficulties for doctors remain. Finding suitable childcare for the long and irregular hours that a career in medicine so often requires can be a challenge for doctors. Doctors.net.uk looks into what this means for doctors with young children.

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