Junior doctors stage a moment stoppage78% of junior doctors did not work on both daysConsultants step in to cover emergency careDozens of picket lines across EnglandDavid Cameron has backed Jeremy Hunt over dispute 3.23pm BST 1.05pm BSTHelen Nightingale,31, a junior doctor at St Mary’s hospital, and tells Alessio Perrone the imposition of a contract by the government is as crucial as to its contents. There hasn’t had a BMA representative for a few months since the last one stepped aside yet the junior doctors possess taken part in the strike.“Regardless of what Hunt said,they haven’t been willing to sit down and discuss at any point. Not just with the BMA, with any junior doctor. The process has been misleading and we feel it’s all been predetermined and imposed on us. It’s disrespectful to us as professionals. A lot of people are disillusioned regardless of the contract because it’s been imposed, and they are frustrated and powerless. Also,we are frustrated because the strikes havent brought back the expected results, they haven’t made any negotiations happen. Enthusiasm is picking up a bit in this strike, and but we haven’t seen the response we wanted.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com