NHS officials concerned about ‘impact of strikes’ on emergency care and wait times
The chief strategy officer of NHS England has expressed concerns about the impact that this month’s junior doctor strikes will have on emergency care and waiting lists.
It is thought the BMA may not agree to exempt any areas of healthcare from the strikes , though staff can be recalled if there is an incident involving mass casualties. “It will last longer in terms of it will be for 72 hours. The BMA have said publicly that they think it’s unlikely that there will be national level derogations which, as you know, have been really important in terms of managing for example, the nursing strike.
He said the ‘trajectory where we were before Christmas’ was that the NHS was on track to hit that particular target to reduce long waits by April. Health bodies including NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation have urged the Government to hold talks to stop the strikes. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee said the plan for tackling Covid backlogs, set out by NHS England and the Government last year, was already “falling short” and was based on “over-optimistic” assumptions about low levels of Covid and minimal pressure on the health service this winter.
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