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| Junior doctors' strike: BMA confirms plans to stage the first full walkout in NHS history | |
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| Junior doctors are escalating strike action planned for next month and will stage a full walk-out for the first time. | Junior doctors are escalating strike action planned for next month and will stage a full walk-out for the first time. |
| The British Medical Association said an all-out stoppage would take place in which emergency care was not provided. | The British Medical Association said an all-out stoppage would take place in which emergency care was not provided. |
| The previous three strikes have left emergency cover in place and the latest strike, scheduled for 08:00 to 17:00 on 26 and 27 April, represents the first time doctors have refused to provide emergency care. | The previous three strikes have left emergency cover in place and the latest strike, scheduled for 08:00 to 17:00 on 26 and 27 April, represents the first time doctors have refused to provide emergency care. |
| Doctors are striking over Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plan to impose a new contract on them. | Doctors are striking over Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plan to impose a new contract on them. |
| The medics say the changes will incentivise unsafe shift patterns, putting patients’ safety and lives and risk. The Health Secretary says the change will help deliver better care at weekends. | The medics say the changes will incentivise unsafe shift patterns, putting patients’ safety and lives and risk. The Health Secretary says the change will help deliver better care at weekends. |
| The changes are neutral in spending terms. | The changes are neutral in spending terms. |
| Repeated polling show the public tend to back doctors in the dispute and blame the Government. | Repeated polling show the public tend to back doctors in the dispute and blame the Government. |
| BMA junior doctor leader Dr Johann Malawana said doctors wanted the dispute to be brought to an end. | BMA junior doctor leader Dr Johann Malawana said doctors wanted the dispute to be brought to an end. |
| “No junior doctor wants to take this action but the government has left us with no choice. | “No junior doctor wants to take this action but the government has left us with no choice. |
| “In refusing to lift imposition and listen to junior doctors' outstanding concerns, the government will bear direct responsibility for the first full walkout of doctors in this country. | “In refusing to lift imposition and listen to junior doctors' outstanding concerns, the government will bear direct responsibility for the first full walkout of doctors in this country. |
| “The government is refusing to get back around the table and is ploughing ahead with plans to impose a contract junior doctors have no confidence in and have roundly rejected. | “The government is refusing to get back around the table and is ploughing ahead with plans to impose a contract junior doctors have no confidence in and have roundly rejected. |
| “We want to end this dispute through talks but the government is making this impossible. | “We want to end this dispute through talks but the government is making this impossible. |