As I
tweeted, 'Junior doctors are not happy'. David Hunter usefully sets the dispute over the junior doctor contract and the likely strike action in the wider political context (see
BMJ editorial). When doctors were happy, they:-
sacrificed early evenings, studied hard, saw patients, and provided “good” care. In return for these sacrifices doctors got reasonable remuneration; reasonable work-life balance later; autonomy; job security; deference; and respect.
The drive for greater accountability over recent years has not always been well implemented (eg. see
previous post). Care did need to change to be more patient-centred rather than doctor-centred (eg. see
previous post). But practice has become too fragmented and dysfunctional. As Hunter concludes:-
resolving the concerns [of unhappy doctors] remains as big a challenge now as [15 years ago], regardless of the immediate outcome of the present dispute.
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