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Samir Dawlatly: Junior doctor contract crisis—conspiracy or incompetence?
I fully supported the right of junior doctors to be balloted for industrial action and to take it, if required. I was right behind them using the strongest bargaining chip […]
Azeem Majeed: Moving forwards with research on the “weekend effect”
Two articles published in The BMJ in 2015 on the “weekend effect” have sparked considerable debate in The BMJ and on social media. [1,2] A number of previous studies have reported […]
Jonathan Glass: If surgeons lived Lewis Hamilton’s life
Many of the medical conferences I have attended recently have included sessions suggesting that the NHS is failing in its processes and that there is lots we can learn from […]
Jane Feinmann: Joshua’s story and its impact on patient safety
Like most people who complain about unsafe healthcare, James Titcombe’s six year battle to hold Morecambe Bay Trust to account for the death of his nine day old son in […]
Will Marsh: Compassion and contracts—a leadership critique
At this year’s London Psychiatric Trainee conference, I listened to Penelope Campling speak eloquently about the importance of compassion in the delivery of healthcare. In her book Intelligent Kindness, she […]
Ted Willis: Seven days to save the NHS?
For several months now we have been hearing the government argue that the NHS should provide a “seven day service.” Initially, it was maintained that this provision was required so […]
Jessamy Bagenal: Junior doctors—What are we fighting for?
So what? There has been a huge increase in the number of junior doctors who have joined the BMA since June when Jeremy Hunt began new tactics with NHS staff. […]
Sarah Walpole: To strike or not to strike? What do the public think?
The government have accepted the offer to further negotiations on the junior doctors’ contract, and many doctors in training have breathed a sigh of relief that this dispute may be […]
Anna Warrington on opposing the junior doctors’ contract
In the past few months I have thrown myself into opposing the junior doctors’ contract that Jeremy Hunt has threatened to impose from August 2016. Along with a small team […]