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Actually, it's whether the Health Secretary has the power to impose a contract that is being challenged, not whether the contract itself is legal.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a6988831.html

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Or it could be there's a lot of legal action going on

The BMA, in its legal claim, alleges that the government failed to "pay due regard" to the equalities impact of the new contracts and is calling for a judicial review.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35959865

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We're not talking about shelf stackers here. If somebody has spent 2 of the last 5 years away from medicine, IT MATTERS. They are in TRAINING. If actually being present doesn't matter, why aren't the ones that stay there, given the same level of credit? If somebody has spent 2 of the last 5 years away, shouldn't that make them equivalent to somebody who has spent a full 3 years, and certainly not ahead of somebody who has spent a full 4 years. That would be the real discrimination.

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http://news.sky.com/story/1698292/ju...ct-deal-agreed


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7036376.html



Junior Doctors To Vote As Contract Deal Agreed
No further strikes will be called ahead of the vote which follows 10 days of "intensive" talks aimed at breaking the deadlock.

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At last common sense has prevailed hopefully..

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It'll be intriguing to find out what has changed to make the contract acceptable and render the accusations that it was unsafe for patients no longer applicable.

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Good news for all involved.

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Well they have only agreed to put it to a vote..Let's wait until the ballot is finished and keep our fingers crossed in the mean time.

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Will be interesting to see whether the changes were enough to justify a strike. The differences seemed to be fairly minimal, and the Dept of Health had already made concessions in their favour, eg increased %age pay rise, some increases for Saturday working.

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Well it seems that, according to leaked BMA emails, pay was the main reason for their stance on the strikes and it was an opportunity to stick it to HMG:

http://order-order.com/2016/05/26/se...real-red-line/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...blame-the-bma/

http://www.hsj.co.uk/topics/workforc...ontentID=15303

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36714792

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Mmmm. Seems the Doctors are more ****ed off that we and their Union leaders thought. That's bad news for all of us, on top of the anticipated exit of foreign staff.. NHS RIP.

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Not so sure its the death of the NHS Mr K....

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You were right to be cautious :).

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I think they are from a generation of spoiled brats we seemed to have have bred this day and age.

They want everything for nothing and don't want to work for anything. I certainly don't support them I think they are being greedy and its about time we start putting our foot down