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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Ellie Crabbe

Leading doctors urge BMA to reconsider strikes amid concerns over public trust

Lord Ara Darzi said he fears the public’s trust in doctors ‘will never recover if the BMA go ahead with strikes that are plainly unjustifiable’ (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Archive)

Leading doctors have joined calls for the British Medical Association (BMA) to reconsider its strike plans as they warned resident doctors that walkouts could cause irreparable harm to public trust in the profession.

Lord Ara Darzi, a former health minister and surgeon, followed calls made by Professor Robert Winston, a Labour peer, who told the Times the “highly dangerous” walkout could damage the public’s trust in doctors.

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