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Jeremy Hunt is dishonest or stupid. Either way, he must be sacked Jeremy Hunt is dishonest or stupid. Either way, he must be sacked
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I read with deep regret the news that Jeremy Hunt has decided to impose the new junior doctors contract (Report, 12 February). What Jeremy Hunt has managed to achieve is nothing short of spectacular. Health secretaries have come and gone, imposing new measures of varying unpopularity on the NHS but not one has managed to so completely unite doctors in their dislike and alienate healthcare workers across the board in the way he has. He says we lack vocation, he paints us as the problem. The morale of the workforce is at breaking point. With imposition, the goodwill of doctors who work hours beyond those they are rota-ed and paid to do will dry up. I read with deep regret the news that Jeremy Hunt has decided to impose the new junior doctors contract (Report, 12 February). What Jeremy Hunt has managed to achieve is nothing short of spectacular. Health secretaries have come and gone, imposing new measures of varying unpopularity on the NHS but not one has managed to so completely unite doctors in their dislike and alienate healthcare workers across the board in the way he has. He says we lack vocation, he paints us as the problem. The morale of the workforce is at breaking point. With imposition, the goodwill of doctors who work hours beyond those they are rota-ed and paid to do will dry up.
The health secretary is not even clear on what he means by a seven-day-week NHS. He continues to misuse research to support his arguments. He has been told the statistics he uses are not correct, meaning he is either dishonest or stupid. I don’t know which is worse. He demonises the BMA, and lies about their actions. They are not a militant union; they are the very moderate voice representing junior doctors in the UK.The health secretary is not even clear on what he means by a seven-day-week NHS. He continues to misuse research to support his arguments. He has been told the statistics he uses are not correct, meaning he is either dishonest or stupid. I don’t know which is worse. He demonises the BMA, and lies about their actions. They are not a militant union; they are the very moderate voice representing junior doctors in the UK.
I am one of the many junior doctors who have left the UK. If he goes ahead with imposition of contract, I am certainly unlikely to return to the UK to continue clinical practice. The health secretary has alienated an entire generation of junior doctors. We have no confidence in him. He must be sacked.Dr Hannah MitchellGaborone, Botswana I am one of the many junior doctors who have left the UK. If he goes ahead with imposition of contract, I am certainly unlikely to return to the UK to continue clinical practice. The health secretary has alienated an entire generation of junior doctors. We have no confidence in him. He must be sacked.Dr Hannah MitchellGaborone, Botswana
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