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Thomas Macaulay: Senior doctors’ opinions on the junior doctors’ strike
The letters pages of British broadcasts last week were inundated with the views of doctors on the strike of their junior colleagues. Most were united in their criticism of the […]
David Oliver: Are we recreating the conditions that led to the Mid Staffs scandal and Francis inquiries?
I am worried that we are heading right back to the very conditions that led to the Francis inquiries, losing any progress we have gained on the back of them. […]
Joseph O’Keeffe: The junior doctors’ strike—voices from the ward
Junior doctors are arguing that the contract changes compromise patient safety. I agree. But do those we treat? It’s hard to tell. Social media appears dominated by the junior doctors, […]
Duncan Steele: To strike or not to strike
To strike or not to strike, that is the question we have all asked ourselves over the last few months. To walk away from our patients, albeit to leave them […]
Elizabeth Wortley: And strike I did
Yesterday I did not cross a picket line. I don’t yet know the figures for how many junior doctors did choose to work, aside from those who were unable to […]
Michelle Sinclair on the GP forward view
It’s not about the money sings Jesse J. Well yes, actually, it is. The release this week of the General Practice Forward View sounds good, doesn’t it? £2.4bn recurrent investment […]
Taryn Youngstein: “No doctor wants to strike”
Ethical dilemmas are the essences of medicine. As doctors, we frequently have to act in our patient’s best interests; when they are confused, demented, or suicidal for example. We have […]
Elizabeth Wortley: Should I strike?
I am in a moral quandary, I am in a personal quandary, and I am in a professional quandary. I cannot answer the question “Should I strike?” As a doctor, I’m […]
Alice Gerth: Taking sides in the junior doctors’ strike
As a full walk out is planned for this week, juniors need to ensure that they have carefully considered which side of the picket line they will stand on. Full disclosure, […]