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Jeremy Hunt has repeated his threat of taking the “nuclear option” and imposing a new contract on junior doctors without their consent, as talks resume on trying to end to the dispute.
The government and the British Medical Association (BMA) resumed negotiations on Friday morning, three days after the first of a series of 24-hour strikes by junior doctors in hospitals across England.
Speaking to the BBC, the health secretary said it was legal and still possible for the controversial new contract to be imposed without the agreement of the BMA. “I’d rather it didn’t come to that. I’d rather we agreed,” Hunt said. But, he added: “We have said that if we can’t solve this problem, we have to deliver our manifesto and as a last resort we would move to the nuclear option … But we really hope this doesn’t happen.”
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/15/jeremy-hunt-junior-doctors-contract-nhs-acas-talks
Beneath contempt
Whatever you think of this dispute it is irrefutable logic that taking limited resources and stretching them further will weaken services over the whole week and cannot therefore improve the access and outcomes. It's not just about doctors, you would need to provide extra resources across the board of support staff and equipment - this cannot be done without extra investment and the government know this
The government and the British Medical Association (BMA) resumed negotiations on Friday morning, three days after the first of a series of 24-hour strikes by junior doctors in hospitals across England.
Speaking to the BBC, the health secretary said it was legal and still possible for the controversial new contract to be imposed without the agreement of the BMA. “I’d rather it didn’t come to that. I’d rather we agreed,” Hunt said. But, he added: “We have said that if we can’t solve this problem, we have to deliver our manifesto and as a last resort we would move to the nuclear option … But we really hope this doesn’t happen.”
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/15/jeremy-hunt-junior-doctors-contract-nhs-acas-talks
Beneath contempt
Whatever you think of this dispute it is irrefutable logic that taking limited resources and stretching them further will weaken services over the whole week and cannot therefore improve the access and outcomes. It's not just about doctors, you would need to provide extra resources across the board of support staff and equipment - this cannot be done without extra investment and the government know this