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Ahead of next month’s planned industrial action by British doctors, the British Medical Journal has published research that suggests patient fatalities are unlikely to increase due to the strike. A study by Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows that in high-income countries, “patients do not come to serious harm during industrial action provided that provisions are made for emergency care.”
Countering concerns that patients may be put at risk by the walkout, the BMJ article reports that during previous doctor strikes, death rates remained the same, or decreased in developed countries. This is, however, contingent to strikes being organised in a way that ensures patient safety is not compromised. The research rejects claims by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt that the strike will inevitably expose patients to serious harm.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...ad-to-increased-patient-deaths_n_8650654.html
Countering concerns that patients may be put at risk by the walkout, the BMJ article reports that during previous doctor strikes, death rates remained the same, or decreased in developed countries. This is, however, contingent to strikes being organised in a way that ensures patient safety is not compromised. The research rejects claims by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt that the strike will inevitably expose patients to serious harm.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...ad-to-increased-patient-deaths_n_8650654.html
