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Response to BMA strike announcement

Posted by: DHSC Media Team, Posted on: 23 March 2016 - Categories: Junior doctors' contract

A Department of Health spokesperson said: “This escalation of industrial action by the BMA is both desperate and irresponsible – and will inevitably put patients in harm’s way.

DH Response to the Junior Doctors' Strike

Posted by: DHSC Media Team, Posted on: 9 March 2016 - Categories: Junior doctors' contract

"Patients have so far seen more than 19,000 operations cancelled as a result of the BMA's irresponsible and unjustified industrial action.

Response to BMA's strike announcement

Posted by: DHSC Media Team, Posted on: 23 February 2016 - Categories: Junior doctors' contract

The British Medical Association has today announced new dates for strike action by junior doctors.

Statement in response to the latest HSJ article on the junior doctors' contract negotiations

Posted by: DHSC Media Team, Posted on: 22 January 2016 - Categories: Junior doctors' contract

The HSJ has reported on a leaked letter from Sir David Dalton, the lead negotiator for government and NHS employers on the junior doctors' contract. Here's our response.

Response to BMA's strike announcement

Posted by: DHSC Media Team, Posted on: 19 January 2016 - Categories: Junior doctors' contract

The British Medical Association has today announced that it has postponed next week's planned strike by junior doctors.