Friday, 27 May 2016

BMA considered dragging out doctors' dispute, emails show

BMA considered dragging out doctors' dispute, emails show Leak reveals discussions about prolonging members’ strike action in attempt to force Jeremy Hunt to impose disputed contract

The British Medical Association considered dragging out the junior doctors’ dispute for up to 18 months in order to tie Jeremy Hunt’s department “in knots” and force him to impose the contract that medics loathed, leaked emails show.

A cache of messages exchanged between leaders of the union’s junior doctors committee (JDC) also show that it discussed BMA members going on strike repeatedly over a “prolonged period”. Continue reading... The Guardian

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