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| Junior doctor strike live: NHS bosses tell Jeremy Hunt to unilaterally impose contract | Junior doctor strike live: NHS bosses tell Jeremy Hunt to unilaterally impose contract |
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| Junior doctors have walked out on strike for 24 hours as of 8am on Wednesday. Here are the latest updates: | Junior doctors have walked out on strike for 24 hours as of 8am on Wednesday. Here are the latest updates: |
| • Nobody mentioned the junior doctors’ strike at PMQs• NHS bosses say Hunt should just impose contract• 90% of junior doctors would quit if new contract was imposed • 2,800 operations cancelled due to strike action• How much is Jeremy Hunt to blame for the strike? • Public overwhelmingly blame Jeremy Hunt for this | |
| The public overwhelmingly blame the Government for the junior doctors' strike, a new poll shows. The Ipsos MORI survey shows 64 per cent blame the Government for the strike while just 13 say it is junior doctors' fault. | The public overwhelmingly blame the Government for the junior doctors' strike, a new poll shows. The Ipsos MORI survey shows 64 per cent blame the Government for the strike while just 13 say it is junior doctors' fault. |
| The findings come as medics walk out for 24 hours over a new contract that would redefine weekend and evening working to not count as anti-social hours. | The findings come as medics walk out for 24 hours over a new contract that would redefine weekend and evening working to not count as anti-social hours. |
| The same poll hows public support for the doctors’ strike still very high, with just 36 per cent opposed to the strike and 66 per cent supportive. | The same poll hows public support for the doctors’ strike still very high, with just 36 per cent opposed to the strike and 66 per cent supportive. |
| The is a slight negative shift from the previous poll conducted before the last stoppage. | The is a slight negative shift from the previous poll conducted before the last stoppage. |
| The Government announced yesterday that nearly 3,000 operations have been cancelled as a result of the junior doctor strike. | The Government announced yesterday that nearly 3,000 operations have been cancelled as a result of the junior doctor strike. |
| Another unweighted online poll on a medics-only social network found that 90 per cent of doctors would resign over the new proposed contract. | Another unweighted online poll on a medics-only social network found that 90 per cent of doctors would resign over the new proposed contract. |
| The Independent reported on Tuesday that Health Secretary personally vetoed a deal that could have averted the stoppage. | The Independent reported on Tuesday that Health Secretary personally vetoed a deal that could have averted the stoppage. |
| The compromise, apparently backed by the BMA, Department of Health, and NHS employers, was blocked by Jeremy Hunt, however. | The compromise, apparently backed by the BMA, Department of Health, and NHS employers, was blocked by Jeremy Hunt, however. |
| Sources close to the BMA said last-minute negotiations had reached an impasse despite last-minute talks on Tuesday. | Sources close to the BMA said last-minute negotiations had reached an impasse despite last-minute talks on Tuesday. |