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Originally Posted by MTVN
But it seems that the main sticking points now are about money, primarily whether Saturday hours before 5pm should be 'premium pay' or not. Millions of people up and down the country now treat Saturdays as a working day for no extra money yet junior doctors not earning premium pay before 5pm is suddenly an outrage even though they are having their basic pay increased to offset it? And with the government's proposals no doctor will have to work more than four nights in a row or five long day shifts and those who work at least one in four Saturdays will be compensated. I struggle to see why the proposals are as controversial as they are being made out to be.
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It is the point that this will stretch out Doctors working time more and yes it will hit extra payments they would have normally got which really is wrong anyway to alter such a situation without their agreement.
It has taken 40 years for Junior Doctors to grumble and strike against a govt,they never take strike action lightly.
This contract is not how Hunt has presented it to the public and even today more is unfolding as to exaggeration of figures used in his statements.
So faced with the prospect of being forced to possibly further endanger lives through poorer more spun out time, what are Junior Doctors to do, lie back and let someone like Hunt who has no medical experience anyway, dictate to them.
They go on strike but make sure all are available for any emergency situation, what could be fairer than that.
If Hunt and this govt continue to just try to walk over Junior Doctors, and do impose this contract,then he can not only forget about 7 day healthcare in the NHS,he will not be able to likely cover most days with guaranteed safe health care as more people turn away from training to be Junior Doctors at all and those already there leave.
Junior Doctors are the ones that save lives, not Hunt,he as I said before should be working with them,listening to them and compromising as to their fears, not just tearing in like a bulldozer over their many genuine fears and concerns as to what care they will be able to properly give in the future.
The ones not telling the whole truth on this contract are the govt and Hunt,I will say here what I said to one of my Cousins who is agonising about staying in the NHS now,... ''this man Hunt will never listen to you, he will twist and lie as to this contract until some or maybe in time most of the public turn on you,so make your move to Australia or elsewhere, who are crying out for the UKs Junior Doctors and where you will appreciated by their govt and their people far more than here''...
If I was junior Doctor,I'd for sure be off like a shot telling him what to do with his very misleading ,new and unnecessary contract.