Why should junior doctors in the NHS have our support?
These doctors are not well paid, and many when they start off now after the introduction of £9000 per year university fees have huge debts from studying and maintenance for 5-6 years. The junior doctors I know and trained now are on shift work and currently work for well over the hours they are paid for so that they can maintain the care to their patients.
The current proposal does not change the overall pay bill so although some may be paid a little more others will obviously have to be paid less overall.
Junior doctors work weekends already. The NHS is a 7 day a week service, the junior doctors are the only group so far being targeted. Who will perform tests, who will plaster your arm or leg, who will take blood for tests?
The 'evidence' for justifying the changes are highly selective and not understood at best, at worst it could just be incorrect. All the things we do rely on in medicine and research rely on an evidence based approach. So in particular when politicians selectively choose data to support their ideology to those who actually use evidence everyday, they better use it correctly and have a very strong case.
Most importantly normal working hours would be extended, and include Saturdays. Who would accept this in their job, let alone in a job that requires life and death decision making? Certainly not politicians.
Constant cutting of services (both in the NHS and at the local gorernmnet level), imposing markets, changes in structure have led to an increasing demoralised workforce with many choosing to leave to the UK for better work and life conditions.We as society have made huge investments in these young people and they are demoralised and angry. So much so they are willing to go on strike!
Who doesn't want a better NHS. Selectively imposing detrimental changes to a bright, caring hard working, intelligent group has only frustrated and alienated them. If we want a full 7 day service why not argue we need to pay for it? Employ more people and share the burden equally. If we are not willing to do this don't blame and take it all out on the junior doctors.
These doctors are not well paid, and many when they start off now after the introduction of £9000 per year university fees have huge debts from studying and maintenance for 5-6 years. The junior doctors I know and trained now are on shift work and currently work for well over the hours they are paid for so that they can maintain the care to their patients.
The current proposal does not change the overall pay bill so although some may be paid a little more others will obviously have to be paid less overall.
Junior doctors work weekends already. The NHS is a 7 day a week service, the junior doctors are the only group so far being targeted. Who will perform tests, who will plaster your arm or leg, who will take blood for tests?
The 'evidence' for justifying the changes are highly selective and not understood at best, at worst it could just be incorrect. All the things we do rely on in medicine and research rely on an evidence based approach. So in particular when politicians selectively choose data to support their ideology to those who actually use evidence everyday, they better use it correctly and have a very strong case.
Most importantly normal working hours would be extended, and include Saturdays. Who would accept this in their job, let alone in a job that requires life and death decision making? Certainly not politicians.
Constant cutting of services (both in the NHS and at the local gorernmnet level), imposing markets, changes in structure have led to an increasing demoralised workforce with many choosing to leave to the UK for better work and life conditions.We as society have made huge investments in these young people and they are demoralised and angry. So much so they are willing to go on strike!
Who doesn't want a better NHS. Selectively imposing detrimental changes to a bright, caring hard working, intelligent group has only frustrated and alienated them. If we want a full 7 day service why not argue we need to pay for it? Employ more people and share the burden equally. If we are not willing to do this don't blame and take it all out on the junior doctors.
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