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Originally Posted by Kazanne

Well I'm sorry , imo , a doctor or nurse takes on that role simply because they want to care and help sick people ,they are not destitute , lots of people work just as long and hard some more so without holding the country to ransom, lots of money is spent training them up and I agree they work hard , but really their offer isn't so bad when you consider all that's wasted in the NHS, so do they care about people or just want as much as they can get , let them go see how doctors cope in third world countries,then maybe they will see,their lot isn't so bad.

Just a thought an old lady said to me while I was standing with my Cousin today out in that freezing cold but in my view right action by him and them..

She said, if there was someone who ran a fleet of taxis and forced their staff to drive cars that were not roadworthy and therefore dangerous,wouldn't the drivers be right to refuse to drive them.
So why when the Junior Doctors and even the Consultants feel this contract is dangerous for both staff and patients should they be forced to work it.


Why does it need to be imposed against the junior Doctors will, there was a suggestion from the main opposition parties put forward,yet this Health secretary dismisses all.

My Cousin for instance cares passionately about his profession, and his Patients.
Consultants were manning the emergency areas today anyway,
The Junior Doctors believe in the long run, this contract will put at risk may Patients and in fact tire them more too.

This is chaos of this govts making and if this contract is imposed, my Cousin is quitting the NHS,,(I actually said I hope he does because if this is imposed then the UK will deserve all it will lose as to lost Doctors,as it seems from listening to other Doctors today many more will then follow doing that too and leave for other Countries or even other professions.

Imposing this contract and not taking the Junior Doctors along with reforms but instead dictating to them, will very likely lose so many Doctors, that Hunt and this govt will be stretched to provide a 4 day week care let alone 7 days a week.

The govt is a disgrace on this issue, I never believed this govt would have the NHS best interests at heart.
Just as was the case with my own Cousin,all the Doctors I stood with today were there with a great sadness that their expertise was being undervalued, unappreciated and their concerns dismissed by one very ignorant man,Jeremy Hunt.

I was really heartened today,both for myself and my Cousin, that of all the people who passed us and commented, and moreso those who stood to talk to us,that only 3 thought the Doctors were wrong.
I thank all powers that be for that.

Also as a footnote, my Cousin as was other Doctors on strike today, joining the picket lines at just after 8am after working all night.
he has tomorrow off but will be back on duty again on Wednesday night again to work all through the night,hardly workshy at all.