Submitted on Friday 6th November 2015
Rejected on Tuesday 10th November 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: honours (see below for details)
Appoint a new health secretary to restart junior doctor contract negotiations
Junior doctors are considering full strike action for the first time in 40 years due to a breakdown of trust in Jeremy Hunt, who has misled parliament and the public on a range of key issues. A new health secretary with detailed knowledge of the NHS is required to restart negotiations with the BMA.
There are multiple unaddressed problems that will affect doctors and patients in the proposed contract:
1. If more doctors are redeployed to the weekend, what effect will there be on weekday services?
2. Has there been any analysis of the impact on future recruitment of doctors in to specialties with higher out of hours commitment, e.g. A&E?
3. The "pay protection" element of doctors' salaries in the pay calculator is only guaranteed until 2019 - will doctors after this date see their pay cut?
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