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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Junior Doctors across England went on strike Tuesday January 12,2016

 
Tens of thousands of junior doctors across England on Tuesday January 12,2016  went on strike for the first time in 40 years over a dispute with the government for better pay and working conditions, in a move which Prime Minister David Cameron warned would cause “real difficulties” to patients.
The National Health Service (NHS) postponed 4,000 routine treatments such as knee and hip operations.

The doctors were only providing emergency cover during the 24-hour walkout, which got underway this morning

The strike has gone ahead despite a last minute plea from Cameron for doctors to call off their action, warning it would cause “real difficulties for patients and potentially worse.”

The walkout comes after talks between the union and the government failed to reach agreement on the new contract.

The BMA is concerned about pay for weekend working, career progression and safeguards to protect doctors from being over-worked.
But the government have argued the current arrangements were outdated and changes were needed to improve standards of care at the weekend.

There are more than 55,000 junior doctors in England, a position covering people who have just graduated from medical school through to those with more than a decade of experience.

They represent a third of the medical workforce, and just over 37,000 are BMA members.

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