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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
John Oldham

Voices: Why the resident doctors are wrong to go on a five-day strike

The imminent strikes by the BMA resident doctors pose a moment of sadness. It is sad for patients and sad for the NHS.

We are in the economic equivalent of a Covid crisis in the NHS; if the proposed reforms aren’t delivered, it will be an existential crisis for our health system. I do not say that at all lightly, but I do say it from decades of knowledge and experience.

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