How do you radicalise a calm, dedicated doctor? Ask Jeremy Hunt The obduracy of the health secretary is putting untold pressure on the NHS and making enemies of its future leaders. The junior doctors’ strike must be resolved.
On the second day of the third strike, the junior doctors are standing as solid as ever, just over half are on strike, with most of those not striking staying in to cover emergency work. Thousands more non-urgent operations are cancelled, adding to the backlog already growing due to the extreme pressure the NHS was under long before this.
It’s an impasse. The new contract has been imposed and the government has withdrawn from all further talks while these young-ish doctors have been radicalised by the way they have been treated: they look unlikely to buckle any time soon – on the picket lines, they are garnering waves of public support in beeps, claps and whistles. Continue reading... The Guardian
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On the second day of the third strike, the junior doctors are standing as solid as ever, just over half are on strike, with most of those not striking staying in to cover emergency work. Thousands more non-urgent operations are cancelled, adding to the backlog already growing due to the extreme pressure the NHS was under long before this.
It’s an impasse. The new contract has been imposed and the government has withdrawn from all further talks while these young-ish doctors have been radicalised by the way they have been treated: they look unlikely to buckle any time soon – on the picket lines, they are garnering waves of public support in beeps, claps and whistles. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- NHS England update on industrial action by junior doctors NHS England
- If the junior doctors are right and Jeremy Hunt is wrong, the NHS is in serious trouble The Daily Telegraph
- Video: I'm terrified the government won't back down, says leading GP trainee GP Online
- Video: David Cameron must step in to resolve dispute, says junior doctors leader GP Online
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