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Originally Posted by MTVN

LESS than five per cent of junior doctors backed the five-day walkouts ordered by militant bosses, The Sun on Sunday can reveal.

Strike leaders now fear thousands of the medics will cross picket lines as they do not support the action.

The walkout, due to start next week, will cause 500,000 operations to be cancelled and four million appointments lost, hospitals association NHS Providers has said.

And sources have described the strikes as a step too far that will put patients’ lives at risk.

Some 37,770 of England’s 55,000 junior doctors are members of the British Medical Association, giving them a vote on industrial action.

But just 20 per cent (7,540) returned an August ballot on the fresh strikes set to begin on September 12.

And only 31.5 per cent (2,375) of those who did vote backed the full five-day walkouts.

That means the monthly strikes that will see medics abandon hospital departments including A&E, maternity and intensive care were supported by just 4.3 per cent of junior doctors.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/uncategoriz...strike-action/

Well lets see if the govt. does nothing and this goes ahead, just how many Junior Doctors do actually leave their posts.

The fact is Junior Doctors do 'not' want to strike, however they are not being listened to.

2 of my Cousins are leaving the UK,with 2 more to follow later,I am not happy that they, who worked so hard and studied so hard to become Doctors are now so mad at the govt and the idea of this contract, that they are leaving the UK completely.

Why, because they believe now that this govt will impose this contract against all the will of all across the NHS and so, for Doctors, it is a waste of time expecting anything better now from this govt or England as to the NHS and this contract.

Strike or no strike, England and this Govt may realise, after the imposing of this contract, eventually,(once many more clear off to places where people will appreciate them),that they had gems of Doctors working in the NHS that have been driven away by this badly planned contract.

Too late then to admit the govt was wrong and support for this govt on this issue was badly misguided due to misleading info from said govt.

As to what state the NHS will be after that, well England and this govt will get all it deserves and masses of Patients really sadly being the ones to pay the price for a govt unable to be reasonable and being plain stubborn.

As for the Govts 7 day week plan, that is almost dead in the water anyway even before this dispute,after the loss to come of many really good Doctors,if this contract is just imposed, it will then be likely impossible to bring about.
It will be hard enough to even come close to providing what is the service now.

Funny how now we should take notice of numbers who did not vote,yet on other issues anyone not voting on something should be ignored.