Exclusive: Letter from six senior figures says more walkouts by resident doctors would help those who oppose the NHS
Letter: Resident doctors should vote against strike action
Six senior figures in England’s medical profession have criticised potential strikes by resident doctors as “a futile gesture” that will harm patients and help those who oppose the NHS.
The move is the first public evidence of the significant unease many senior doctors feel about the possibility of their junior colleagues staging a new campaign of industrial action in England.
In a letter to the Guardian the six medics and former medics say resident – formerly junior – doctors’ demand for a 29% pay rise is unaffordable, given the government has “no spare money”.
