THE leader of Scotland’s junior doctors joined English picket lines and delivered a message to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf: “If you don’t want to see this in Scotland meet with us now.”
Chris Smith, chair of the BMA’s Scottish Junior Doctors Committee, was in Newcastle to support English junior doctors in their fight for a fair pay rise and pay restoration after many years of below inflation pay awards.
As Yousaf campaigns to become the next First Minister of Scotland he could have an even bigger fight on his hands with junior doctors gearing up for strike action.