BIZARRE: 17 - What They Never Told You

Why are junior doctors striking?

Health secretary Steve Barclay says pay demands ‘unrealistic’ and attacks union’s ‘militant stance’

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2023

An imploding health service underpins junior doctors’ radicalisation

With real pay down 26% since 2008 and demoralised workplaces, medics are striking not out of militancy but from deep-rooted frustration

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023

Emergency care to be prioritised during junior doctors’ strike, says NHS England

England’s top doctor has warned that the walkouts are set to be ‘the most disruptive industrial action in NHS history’.

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023

Junior doctors’ strike could delay 250,000 appointments, say NHS bosses

Concerns over impact on patient safety of four days of strikes next week by junior doctors in England

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

'Health Secretary is putting lives at risk by refusing to hold urgent talks'

Steve Barclay should be doing everything he can to avoid this calamity but so far he has refused to resume negotiations with the British Medical Association

Daily Mirror · Apr 7, 2023

Essex mental health inquiry pointless without legal powers, say families

Call for review to have statutory powers to make witnesses give evidence after only 11 of 14,000 come forward

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2023

BMA calls for ‘credible’ pay offer to halt four-day strike by junior doctors

The BMA called on Health Secretary Steve Barclay to show he is serious about pay restoration for next week’s walkout to be halted.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Tory MP filmed typing his birthday for phone password during meeting in 'careless' gaffe

Former junior minister James Morris has been labelled "careless" after being filmed on a live committee stream typing in his date of birth to access his mobile phone

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2023

Hospital bosses call for 'urgent resolution ' to next week's junior doctor strikes which will put 'huge strain' on the NHS

Dame Jackie Daniel - who runs the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust - has joined colleagues from around England's biggest hospitals to urge a speedy resolution to junior doctor strike action

Chronicle Live · Apr 3, 2023

NHS consultants to be balloted over strike action

NHS consultants will be balloted over strike action next month, the British Medical Association has announced.

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2023