Medics are working exhausting 13-hour shifts with no time to eat or drink, a junior doctor has said. It comes as thousands of staff vote on whether to strike over pay and conditions.
Dr Shivam Sharma, who has been a junior doctor in Birmingham for four years, said he was among those who will be voting in favour of industrial action. "When you’re working a 13-hour shift, you hardly have time for any kind of break to get something to eat or drink," he said.
"The best you have time for is a quick toilet break. You feel like you’re being put in a situation where you’re set up to fail because you don’t have the resources and help around you to succeed. I'm doing the job of 3-4 doctors at once - we’re all burnt out, tired and under-valued."
