Posted on February 22nd by What The Bleep
73% Of Junior Doctor’s Want Full
Walkout, after Jeremy Hunt Imposes Contract!
In a recent poll of junior doctors 73% of doctors want the next strikes to
include a full walkout as the government continue to impose an unsafe contract.
Jeremy Hunt responded to the last junior doctor strike by stating imposition of
the contract for August, and now with time running out and the BMA planning the
next strikes, junior doctors have voted in a recent poll of over 504 doctors across
Facebook and Twitter and online poll, with almost three quarters voting in favour of a full walkout.
Whatthebleep
(votes collated across social media and online poll)
There is overwhelming public support for the junior doctors who put the blame at Jeremy Hunt’s door, and comments from those doctors voting No/Not Sure raised concern that they may lose
public support if there is a full walkout, however what the public need to know
is that junior doctors have support from their senior colleagues who will stand
in on the emergency cover during a full walkout, and although a full walkout will cause disruption it will not effect patient safety. Well known evidence has famously shown that mortality actually drops when doctors strike.
Overall this is not a decision taken lightly by doctors, but with a government not
listening and not responding to the last strikes junior doctors need to turn up the
pressure on the government if striking is going to be successful.
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