I wrote in response to the letter from senior clinicians who urged the residents of doctors to vote against the strike action (8 June). During my 22-year career we saw basic medical training changes, including identifying tuitions for the development of training numbers, and keeping progress in 15 years.
It has left many resident doctors with debt graduation, sporting costs of training, salary deterioration, and hope in unemployment. I, and the authors of the letter, are lucky lucky not to face training difficulties.
So I encourage companions that do not influence negotiations between the British Medical Association (BMA) and the government about resident doctors. An order for strike action is a strong negotiation position, and I am on a good arrival of productive discussion between the government and the BMA to reach a fair settlement. If senior clinicians do not support our doctors’ residents, I suggest they sit in their hands (with respect to writing letters) and bite their lips.
Dr Ajay M Verma
Kettering, Northamptonshire
A group of medical professionals wrote to encourage colleagues with doctor residents to vote against the proposed strike action. They discussed hippocratic oath. They appear to miss the daily flow of oath to companions active in American care systems that replace a national HEALTH England service.
In this, the “first do not be bad” appears to be replaced by “first protection of the bottom line”. Health workers’ chaos is not just about paying; It is about disability to a full public service and its service to corporate interests, most Americans.
Let us seek letters that encourage ridicule of palms and co and return to Bevan’s principles instead of blackrock. It is not true that says “no extra money”. The money simply goes into the wrong pocket.
Kevin Donovan
Birkenhead, Merseyside
The six senior doctors who wrote to you are the key to those responsible for allowing NHS to be a poor environmental environment. As Wes Streeting means so fastened, NHS treats doctors in training “like crap“. A lot can do to improve the working life of the doctors – simply tell them not to strike the challenges. Expressed interest: parent of two resident doctors.
Stuart Evans
Monmouth
I used to NHS GP now lives and works in Canada. I read with the interests that senior doctors recommend Junior doctors without attack. Can these senior doctors have paid the state’s education, then their hospital accommodation paid by the state, and then enjoys a fixed benefit of 60 (for most of their races)? Society takes care of them well. Is it possible for residents today doctors have a different point of view of a reason?
I think one to say is to fix NHS behavior and decide where money is out of the doctor’s remit. But the repair of the NHS is the prerogative of the government.
New
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada