Junior doctors and consultants have launched their longest period of joint strike action in England.
Patient safety will be “close to the line” as junior doctors and consultants stage their longest ever joint strike in England, the Chancellor has said.
Hospital dentists from the British Dental Association are also set to walk out during the same time frame, providing emergency care only, while radiographers at 37 NHS trusts in England will also join picket lines for 24 hours from 8am on Tuesday morning. “That is a huge sum of money,” Mr Hunt told Times Radio. “That money that is being paid to a doctor to cover that shift is money that can’t be spent on taking someone off the waiting list by giving them an urgently needed operation.Asked about patient safety during the longest ever period of joint strike action, he said: “I think we’re getting close to the line and I don’t think we should be taking any risks at all with patient safety.
She added: “Yes, doctors are paid well, consultants do have a good salary, however… in real terms compared to 2008, doctors are working for free in effect for four months of the year.” “But it is down to the Government’s refusal to get up to discuss pay issues that has led to this and therefore continued strike action.”
“We have enacted a form of strike action which keeps emergency care to make sure that patients in the hospital are still receiving appropriate care in a safe and timely way, which allows us to put this pressure on the Government to come to the table.”It said that routine care would be brought to “a near standstill” but urged the public to still come forward to seek emergency care.
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