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| Video shows moment Jeremy Hunt refuses to talk to junior doctor outraged at new contract | |
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| Jeremy Hunt has been accused of ignoring the concerns of medical professionals throughout his long row with junior doctors, which reached a peak today as he vowed to impose a contract on them despite strong union objections. | Jeremy Hunt has been accused of ignoring the concerns of medical professionals throughout his long row with junior doctors, which reached a peak today as he vowed to impose a contract on them despite strong union objections. |
| And the breakdown in communication in the dispute now appears to be complete, as the Health Secretary literally blanked an NHS worker who followed him down a corridor in Westminster. | And the breakdown in communication in the dispute now appears to be complete, as the Health Secretary literally blanked an NHS worker who followed him down a corridor in Westminster. |
| Mr Hunt was walking into the TV studios at Millbank, just down the road from the House of Commons, when he was spotted by a Kings College Hospital registrar (and a Sky News camera crew). | Mr Hunt was walking into the TV studios at Millbank, just down the road from the House of Commons, when he was spotted by a Kings College Hospital registrar (and a Sky News camera crew). |
| Dr Dagan Lonsdale entered the building alongside the politician, raising with him in measured terms “the concerns we have about patient safety”. | Dr Dagan Lonsdale entered the building alongside the politician, raising with him in measured terms “the concerns we have about patient safety”. |
| Not put off by Mr Hunt’s brief attempt to explain that he was “just on his way to do an interview”, Dr Lonsdale told him he was “taking a massive gamble with people in the NHS”, and that he has “absolutely no evidence whatsoever that these changes will have a positive effect”. | Not put off by Mr Hunt’s brief attempt to explain that he was “just on his way to do an interview”, Dr Lonsdale told him he was “taking a massive gamble with people in the NHS”, and that he has “absolutely no evidence whatsoever that these changes will have a positive effect”. |
| The new terms of employment under dispute would re-define anti-social hours, making it cheaper for hospitals to roster doctors on weekends and evenings. | The new terms of employment under dispute would re-define anti-social hours, making it cheaper for hospitals to roster doctors on weekends and evenings. |
| Doctors have been on strike over the contract, which the British Medical Association says is “putting politics before common sense”. | Doctors have been on strike over the contract, which the British Medical Association says is “putting politics before common sense”. |
| But after months of talks without any breakthrough, Mr Hunt announced on Thursday that he was imposing the contract unilaterally in a bit to end the “uncertainty” it has caused. | But after months of talks without any breakthrough, Mr Hunt announced on Thursday that he was imposing the contract unilaterally in a bit to end the “uncertainty” it has caused. |