{"id":35308,"date":"2015-09-24T14:32:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=35308"},"modified":"2015-09-24T14:46:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:46:43","slug":"imajuniordoctor-junior-doctors-respond-to-the-new-junior-doctor-contract-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2015\/09\/24\/imajuniordoctor-junior-doctors-respond-to-the-new-junior-doctor-contract-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"#imajuniordoctor: Junior doctors respond to the new junior doctor contract on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/british-medical-association-support-a-strike-for-junior-doctors\">An online petition has already collected over 50,000 signatures<\/a> calling for the BMA to support\u00a0doctors taking strike action against the planned introduction of new junior doctor contracts. Doctors are concerned that a recent government decision to impose new junior doctor contracts will result in lower pay and increased hours. This has been met with huge criticism and backlash.<\/p>\n<p>In a three day period last week, over 1600 doctors expressed an interest in applying for roles outside the UK. The General Medical Council said it would normally receive about 20 requests a day for certificates needed to work abroad. This sharp spike in the number of requests began a day after the government\u2019s announcement.\u00a0Social media has been\u00a0the platform for much of the outpouring of views and perspectives.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A medical student <a href=\"http:\/\/blewswire.com\/double-first-cambridge-medical-students-pens-open-letter-to-david-cameron-over-slap-in-the-face-junior-doctor-contract-changes\/\">wrote a letter to David Cameron<\/a> expressing her concerns and placed it on Facebook to encourage others to do the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/health\/news\/11750265\/Thousands-support-junior-doctors-angry-letter-to-PM.html\">Another scathing letter<\/a> sent to David Cameron by 26 year-old junior doctor Janis Burns has been viewed by over 80,000 people on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imajuniordoctor?src=hash\">#imajuniordoctor<\/a> is attracting a lot of attention along with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juniorcontract\">#juniorcontract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the more popular tweets focus on the significant pay cut likely to be felt and the lack of clarity on what salaries will be.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On unpaid maternity leave yet STILL <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ImInWorkJeremy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ImInWorkJeremy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ImaJuniorDoctor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ImaJuniorDoctor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JuniorDoctors?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JuniorDoctors<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JuniorContract?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JuniorContract<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NotFairNotSafe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NotFairNotSafe<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ECK5c9chPO\">pic.twitter.com\/ECK5c9chPO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kat Parmar (@KatParmar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatParmar\/status\/646269054416781313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can&#39;t think of a single job contract people would agree to without knowing their salary so why should doctors with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juniorcontract?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#juniorcontract<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Den Langhor (@DLGDen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLGDen\/status\/645278813589536768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many tweets draw attention to the number of years junior doctors have been studying and working:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">35 years old, 7 years at university, 8 years full time in the NHS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imajuniordoctor?src=hash\">#imajuniordoctor<\/a> and I still will be when I&#8217;m 40 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/notfairnotsafe?src=hash\">#notfairnotsafe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Walker (@BaryonyxS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaryonyxS\/status\/646617061880426496\">September 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The changes will have a detrimental impact on morale, says Janis Burns<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>&#8220;I love my job but changes proposed will have a huge effect on morale&#8221; says junior Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burnikov\">@burnikov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juniorcontract?src=hash\">#juniorcontract<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/n1kQGZMnoA\">http:\/\/t.co\/n1kQGZMnoA<\/a> \u2014 Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VictoriaLIVE\/status\/646256324959846400\">September 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4,455 of 4,500 junior doctors disagreed a new contract would benefit patients. They have been blackmailed and now ignored. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juniorcontract?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#juniorcontract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Holland (@holland1133) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holland1133\/status\/644781369697169409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hate your family? Sign the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JDC?src=hash\">#JDC<\/a> and you wont have to spend any time with them ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/diverseNHS?src=hash\">#diverseNHS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imajuniordoctor?src=hash\">#imajuniordoctor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Owain Jones (@owainjones22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/owainjones22\/status\/646646815081762816\">September 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>89 CQC inspections, 59 hospitals short staffed. How about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHgovuk\">@DHgovuk<\/a> help do something about it? Oh wait <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juniorcontract?src=hash\">#juniorcontract<\/a>..the opposite of help<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roshana Mehdian (@RoshanaMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoshanaMN\/status\/646602210630107136\">September 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Junior doctors will not sit back and allow the Government to simply push through these proposed changes unchallenged.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Junior doctors are rightly furious that the government is threatening imposition. We will not take this lying down <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juniorcontract?src=hash\">#juniorcontract<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBMA\">@TheBMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Collier (@DrACollier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrACollier\/status\/644287301430968320\">September 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Using the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juniorcontract?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Ehashtag\">#juniorcontract<\/a>, the representatives of over 9,000 junior doctors in UK and Ireland posted their views made in a Joint Training Committee statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>The representatives of &gt;9000 junior doctors speak out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juniorcontract?src=hash\">#juniorcontract<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACEdinburgh15?src=hash\">#ACEdinburgh15<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrACollier\">@DrACollier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrKittyMohan\">@DrKittyMohan<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VBz2TfQKvU\">pic.twitter.com\/VBz2TfQKvU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Fox (@BenjaminLukeFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminLukeFox\/status\/646631406496534528\">September 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Much of the social media focus is the numbers of junior doctors considering leaving the UK to work abroad or leaving the profession altogether.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/drhamedkhan\/status\/646063429673988096<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imajuniordoctor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#imajuniordoctor<\/a> . age 32. 5 years medical school. 8 years a doctor. 1 msc. 2 post grad exams. Is it time to leave medicine? = hunt effect<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kate gaskell (@katekmg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katekmg\/status\/646089650784837632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imajuniordoctor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#imajuniordoctor<\/a> photos have reached Australia. Hope NHSemployers start listening or we&#39;ll all head off there too. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TAQQAkhsJ2\">http:\/\/t.co\/TAQQAkhsJ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel Freedman (@RachFreedman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RachFreedman\/status\/646018019706191872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/tupelo81\/status\/645623218250874880<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKGasdoc\/status\/646572715919474688<\/p>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/351\/bmj.h5077\">Problems with the new junior doctor contract<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/351\/bmj.h5086\">Nine royal colleges warn government about damaging effects of new junior doctors\u2019 contract<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Sarah M Foster<\/strong> is an intern at the BMJ. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Competing interests:<\/strong> None declared.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online petition has already collected over 50,000 signatures calling for the BMA to support\u00a0doctors taking strike action against the planned introduction of new junior doctor contracts. 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