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Re: Junior Doctors Prepare For First Full Walk-Out
Interesting....
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ne...ract-wpzxxjq9r
Quote:
The junior doctor who is leading the most disruptive strikes in NHS history previously praised the contract she is fighting against as “safe” and “fair”, it can be revealed.
Ellen McCourt, who said that doctors had been left with no choice but to stage walkouts in protest at the “catastrophic” working contract, championed the deal three-and-a-half months ago.
Her comments emerged as NHS bosses warned for the first time that hospitals cannot cope and said the strikes would be dangerous. A five-day strike is planned to start on September 12, with walkouts every month until the end of the year, totalling 20 days.
Dr McCourt, the British Medical Association’s junior doctor leader who co-led negotiations with the government, supported the revised contract in an interview in May. “We have managed to reach an agreement on a contract that we believe is safe for both patients and doctors, and is also fair for junior doctors,” she told PM on Radio 4.
Praising the “really good package of things for equalities”, Dr McCourt said the revised contract was “safer for our patients, and it is also safer for our junior doctors”. The revelation will be an embarrassment for Dr McCourt as gender inequality of the new contract has been one of her key justifications for strike action.
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