Junior doctors' strike: up to 150,000 operations and appointments at risk

As doctors' unions and health officials go back into talks, fears that up to 150,000 patients could suffer if further action is not called of.

Up to 150,000 patients could see hospital operations and appointments cancelled if talks between doctors’ unions and officials fail.The British Medical Association today re-enters discussions with health officials via Acas, with 12 days to go until doctors are due to ramp up industrial action.The head of the union on Wednesday refused to say whether lives would be put at risk by planned action for a full walkout by junior doctors.It followed warnings from hospital managers that they are unable to guarantee safe care, if medics walk out en masse.The first strike by junior doctors on Tuesday saw 4,000 operations postponed, along with more than 20,000 outpatients appointments.If no resolution is found, there will be a 48-hour stoppage from January 26, with thousands of junior doctors will once again only provide emergency care, followed by a full walkout on February 10.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/12098260/Junior-doctors-NHS-strike-Tuesday.html

What low life selfish scum these people are that this is all over having to work a 7 day week which many people do now anyway. The Governement should stick two fingers up to them and employ more foreign doctors, because none of them deserve a job after this. They place their pathetic need over that of patients shows how today they never took on this job to help save lives but make money. More patients are susceptible to dying on weekends and again its selfishness which is driving these strikes, they are tottally and utterly pathetic

So what's new? Operations and appointments are always being cancelled anyway?

There's no point in having doctors who are too tired to do their job properly.

Didn't you support the doctors yesterday, or was that someone else?

Too tired?
So we should ban all weekend working because for some reason it will make them tuired to work on the weekend, even if they have days off during the week? How does that work scientifically Rags?

I dosupport many doctors, these are selfish junior doctors, wet behind the ears

Didge wrote:Too tired?
So we should ban all weekend working because for some reason it will make them tuired to work on the weekend, even if they have days off during the week? How does that work scientifically Rags?

I dosupport many doctors, these are selfish junior doctors, wet behind the ears

You referred to them working 7 days a week, so when do they get days off during the week? Have you invented a different kind of week?

Raggamuffin wrote:

Didge wrote:Too tired?
So we should ban all weekend working because for some reason it will make them tuired to work on the weekend, even if they have days off during the week? How does that work scientifically Rags?

I dosupport many doctors, these are selfish junior doctors, wet behind the ears

You referred to them working 7 days a week, so when do they get days off during the week? Have you invented a different kind of week?

Not sure if you are aware but that means over 7 days as in shifts

Now answer my questions

Didge wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

You referred to them working 7 days a week, so when do they get days off during the week? Have you invented a different kind of week?

Not sure if you are aware but that means over 7 days as in shifts

Now answer my questions

Which means 7 days a week, including days in the week, so they're not getting days in the week off are they?

Raggamuffin wrote:

Didge wrote:


Not sure if you are aware but that means over 7 days as in shifts

Now answer my questions

Which means 7 days a week, including days in the week, so they're not getting days in the week off are they?

PMSL

So you are saying they will never have any days off?

Show me the proof of that asburd claim?

Didge wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Which means 7 days a week, including days in the week, so they're not getting days in the week off are they?

PMSL

So you are saying they will never have any days off?

Show me the proof of that asburd claim?

Show me how someone working 7 days in a row can have days off during the week.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Didge wrote:


PMSL

So you are saying they will never have any days off?

Show me the proof of that asburd claim?

Show me how someone working 7 days in a row can have days off during the week.

many jobs that work shifts that are 4 on and 4 off.

Oh so you are moaning they have to work 7 days in a row, tough, many people do this shift it is 7 on 3 off and 7 on 4 off. they are just being selfish as many people do this

So they will not only get days off during the week but every thrid weekend off as well

Like I say they are just vile selfish scum

Didge wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Show me how someone working 7 days in a row can have days off during the week.

many jobs that work shifts that are 4 on and 4 off.

Oh so you are moaning they have to work 7 days in a row, tough, many people do this shift it is 7 on 3 off and 7 on 4 off. they are just being selfish as many people do this

So they will not only get days off during the week but every thrid weekend off as well

Like I say they are just vile selfish scum

I'm saying that it might make them tired, and that leads to mistakes happening, which is not a good thing when people's lives are in their hands.

If you don't like it, perhaps you could train to be a doctor yourself so you can treat yourself instead of relying on "vile selfish scum".

Raggamuffin wrote:

Didge wrote:


many jobs that work shifts that are 4 on and 4 off.

Oh so you are moaning they have to work 7 days in a row, tough, many people do this shift it is 7 on 3 off and 7 on 4 off. they are just being selfish as many people do this

So they will not only get days off during the week but every thrid weekend off as well

Like I say they are just vile selfish scum

I'm saying that it might make them tired, and that leads to mistakes happening, which is not a good thing when people's lives are in their hands.

If you don't like it, perhaps you could train to be a doctor yourself so you can treat yourself instead of relying on "vile selfish scum".

The pooir dears, I mean many other people manage this and do not go on strike.
Like I say they are selfish, there was a time a person trained to be a nurse or doctor because they cared, these people do not give a shit by going on strike, as it will achieve nothing and they will have placed the lives of patients in danger, where even worse some may very well die

Nurses have gone on strike before too.

Raggamuffin wrote:Nurses have gone on strike before too.

Again bang out of order, where today you only have to get many to sign a petition to get it debated in Parliment and if that fails you do it again until you get public support. This could cost the lives of people and itscompletely irresponsible of them to strike, they should be ashamed of themselves

I wonder if my next appointment will be cancelled. Oh well, it would save me a trip.