Not Fair, Not Safe (5-366)
With a heavy heart, Junior Doctors will be striking in the upcoming weeks.
The NHS is a great institution. Junior doctors provide the backbone of medical service in the NHS. They are the consultants, GP's and medical leaders of the future.
They have studied hard and often work well beyond their hours because they care.
They have missed birthdays, weddings and even funerals because of their dedication to the job. Who do you trust? A politician or a doctor?
Who is more likely to put a glossy spin on the truth to satisfy their own agenda?
Incidentally who has written a book about how to privatise the NHS (clue - not the doctor)?
What's the fuss about?
Junior doctor doesn't just mean a newly graduated doctor, it includes all doctors up to the level of consultant.
These are the doctors that will treat your sick children, comfort and care for the dying, treat patients needing emergency operations, provide pain relief during childbirth. There's so much more that junior doctors do but the list is too long. I've done all of the above on the last few days (and nights). Junior doctors work hard, often staying late, unpaid. We miss birthdays/weddings/life events. We care about our patients.
The new contract proposed by Mr Hunt is neither safe nor fair.
He will take away safeguards meaning that doctors could end up working long and unsafe hours.
He will effectively penalise women who take maternity leave. People doing research and academic study will also be effectively penalised.
Junior doctors are highly trained. They come out of medical school with thousands of pounds of debt (up to 80k). The starting salary is 23k. Junior doctors do not choose this profession for the money. There are many more well paid jobs a trained junior doctor could do. We care about our patients.
We don't want a return to the old days where junior doctors had no safeguards over the numbers of hours worked. Do you want a tired, demoralised doctor making decisions about your health or your loved one's health?
These proposals are resulting in the doctors of tomorrow disappearing- large numbers are going abroad, where they are more valued, and fewer students are considering Medicine as a possible career.
Again. Who do you trust? Doctors or a politician who was written a book about privatising the NHS?
Not Fair, Not Safe (5-366)
With a heavy heart, Junior Doctors will be striking in the upcoming weeks.
The NHS is a great institution. Junior doctors provide the backbone of medical service in the NHS. They are the consultants, GP's and medical leaders of the future.
They have studied hard and often work well beyond their hours because they care.
They have missed birthdays, weddings and even funerals because of their dedication to the job. Who do you trust? A politician or a doctor?
Who is more likely to put a glossy spin on the truth to satisfy their own agenda?
Incidentally who has written a book about how to privatise the NHS (clue - not the doctor)?
What's the fuss about?
Junior doctor doesn't just mean a newly graduated doctor, it includes all doctors up to the level of consultant.
These are the doctors that will treat your sick children, comfort and care for the dying, treat patients needing emergency operations, provide pain relief during childbirth. There's so much more that junior doctors do but the list is too long. I've done all of the above on the last few days (and nights). Junior doctors work hard, often staying late, unpaid. We miss birthdays/weddings/life events. We care about our patients.
The new contract proposed by Mr Hunt is neither safe nor fair.
He will take away safeguards meaning that doctors could end up working long and unsafe hours.
He will effectively penalise women who take maternity leave. People doing research and academic study will also be effectively penalised.
Junior doctors are highly trained. They come out of medical school with thousands of pounds of debt (up to 80k). The starting salary is 23k. Junior doctors do not choose this profession for the money. There are many more well paid jobs a trained junior doctor could do. We care about our patients.
We don't want a return to the old days where junior doctors had no safeguards over the numbers of hours worked. Do you want a tired, demoralised doctor making decisions about your health or your loved one's health?
These proposals are resulting in the doctors of tomorrow disappearing- large numbers are going abroad, where they are more valued, and fewer students are considering Medicine as a possible career.
Again. Who do you trust? Doctors or a politician who was written a book about privatising the NHS?