Resident Doctors Face Grueling Shifts Amidst Calls for Reform
Resident doctors in India work up to 36 hours straight, risking patient safety. Supreme Court and panels demand reforms for better working hours.
#DoctorDutyHours, #PatientSafetyIndia, #MedicalReform, #ResidentDoctors, #HealthcareIndia
https://newsletter.tf/india-resident-doctors-long-shifts-patient-safety/
Resident doctors in India are working shifts up to 36 hours long, which is more than double the standard 16-hour shift in some countries.
#DoctorDutyHours, #PatientSafetyIndia, #MedicalReform, #ResidentDoctors, #HealthcareIndia
https://newsletter.tf/india-resident-doctors-long-shifts-patient-safety/
The action in pursuit of “full pay restoration” will be their longest yet, lasting for six days.
National resident doctors strike in England over pay and jobs - World Socialist Web Site
The Resident Doctors strike is under way & you'll have seen a lot of coverage, perhaps most obviously claiming that public support for the RDs is ebbing away.
Well, leaving the opinion polling issue to one side, here is Charlotte Tomlinson's view from the GP surgery. She is particularly critical of Keir Starmer's tactic of suspending training places for doctors.
(it might be better to read this than a lot of the online media commentary)
https://thehealthandhealingnarrative.com/2026/04/07/nhs-specialty-training-bottleneck/
“We are striking in defence of patients, staff and the NHS itself”
Resident doctor appeals for a unified fightback against Starmer government threats - World Socialist Web Site
@kibcol1049
Maybe she should take a leaf out her boss’s negotiating manual and threaten to withdraw an offer that de-escalated a previous dispute.
That just about guarantees failure.
𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘙𝘔𝘌𝘙: Doctors have 𝟰𝟴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 to cancel strike!
𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀: A 𝟯.𝟱% pay uplift is a 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 pay 𝘤𝘶𝘵 for us!
#KeirStarmer #NHS #PrimeMinister #ResidentDoctors #JuniorDoctors #Doctors #StrikeAction
BMA settlement for resident doctors in Scotland: pay restoration deferred and a joint struggle to defend NHS blocked - World Socialist Web Site
The situation is worse elsewhere, with pay erosion at 16 percent in Wales, 20.8 percent Northern Ireland and 21 percent in England. But the NHS is a UK-wide service employing 1.4 million whose survival depends on a unified struggle against pay erosion, understaffing and privatisation.
BMA obstructs resident doctors fight against Starmer government: Rank and file must take charge - World Socialist Web Site
A resident doctor and supporter of NHS FightBack appealed for a unified struggle against dangerous workloads, real-terms pay cuts, and the absence of tens of thousands of specialty training post.
Resident doctors in England renew strike mandate for pay restoration and to end employment crisis - World Socialist Web Site
The vote to extend strike action until August 2026 shows the determination of resident doctors to defy Labour’s Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who has spewed vitriol including the accusation they are “holding the country to ransom.”
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