DOCTORS in England on Thursday (13) staged the biggest walkout in the history of the UK's state-funded National Health Service, prompting fears for patient safety. The unprecedented five-day stoppage over pay and staff retention is the latest in eight months of industrial action across the NHS, which is already reeling from a vast pandemic backlog.
It’s different for doctors and nurses. We have moral and legal obligations to our patients. Giving an end date is often the first attempt. Indefinite strike is always an option that can be deployed later, if necessary.
Plus we’re always in a precarious situation with the public. It’s easy for a doctor’s strike to lose public support, which results in things like strike breaking laws being passed.
There are different ways of striking that can be effective.
It’s different for doctors and nurses. We have moral and legal obligations to our patients. Giving an end date is often the first attempt. Indefinite strike is always an option that can be deployed later, if necessary.
Plus we’re always in a precarious situation with the public. It’s easy for a doctor’s strike to lose public support, which results in things like strike breaking laws being passed.
There are different ways of striking that can be effective.
aye, fair enough. Pardon my ignorance
Thanks for understanding and being willing to learn new things. Cheers
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