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A World War 2 Trilogy
By FRED NATH (Novelist and Neurosurgeon)
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The Junior Doctor's Strike
| Posted on 1 May, 2016 at 3:26 |
So, the
strike went well, I’m told. Rumour has it that there were no junior doctors and
the consultants had to do the routine and emergency work without the help of
the juniors. Think again. A number of juniors are not in the BMA. They can’t
strike partly because they are afraid of losing their visas or their jobs. This
meant that there were juniors working on both strike days. Elective work was
cancelled – consultants can’t be in two places at once and there is no one
available to look after the operated patients during the night. The Trusts won’t
pay for consultants to sleep in, to truly cover the absence of the younger
doctors anyway. But… the juniors were covering emergencies between 5 pm and 8
am in any case. They just had to do the day's work after 5. Why did
the juniors modify the strike to make it safe? It’s
because they are DOCTORS. Unlike
politicians they have integrity and they are in this job to care for you, Joe
Public. I think (my personal view) that if you want to do a job then do it in a
fully committed way. If you’re going on strike then do it. I believe all UK
doctors should resign at once or withdraw their labour completely. The doctors
did this in Australia (I think). The strike lasted four hours. Justice
prevailed. In this
country however, the medical profession have traditionally never taken
concerted action and stuck together. Things became worse when Margaret Thatcher
thrust consultants into management roles. It was a clever ploy to pit doctor
against doctor and allow the government to sit back and avoid the ‘shroud
waving’ which had hitherto been the doctors’ only way of pressurising the
government into providing resources. If the
juniors really want to make progress they have to enlist the main body of
consultants and GPs. All the doctors
should work together and allow the government to reap what they have sown. Yes,
people will suffer but it won’t be because of the doctors. It will be because
slimy politicians are using the integrity of the medical profession against
the doctors themselves. It is an abuse and it is immoral.It is what they do to policemen, except in the doctor's case it is self-impose because of moral responsibility not the law. When will
we take a leaf out of the miner’s book and fight back together? All doctors should withdraw their labour at once. Jeremy *unt can then take responsibility for the consequences. Phew! I
feel better for that! |
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Alison Harrop
8:28 on 1 May, 2016
But it is the integrity of doctors which holds them back from resigning and leaving no cover .
Interesting to note how partial the strike was though. That is something the public forgets about it.
Interesting to note how partial the strike was though. That is something the public forgets about it.
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Iggy
8:44 on 1 May, 2016
Tories can bugger off! The rest of us, must stand shoulder to shoulder with the medical profession. We must not let this Government ruin our NHS. Now where did I put my catapult?
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Pete Scott
9:12 on 2 May, 2016
Good insight from the front line.
I particularly like the line about the miners strike. Thatcher twisted the whole country against them and used the entire wealth and might of the establishment to crush them.
Let's hope the nations support for the JDs remains strong and the government supporting press don't add to *unt's lies.
I particularly like the line about the miners strike. Thatcher twisted the whole country against them and used the entire wealth and might of the establishment to crush them.
Let's hope the nations support for the JDs remains strong and the government supporting press don't add to *unt's lies.
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