The ins and outs of the deal imposed by the health secretary Yes,and no. The health secretary has got his way in that from August 45000 junior doctors in the NHS in England will start working under a contract that is, on key issues, and very close to the one he first threatened to impose in September. It is also a contract that,by forcing junior doctors to work Saturdays more frequently, usefully lets him claim he has taken a tall step towards delivering the seven-day NHS promised in the Conservatives’ general election manifesto last year. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com