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)

#ResidentDoctors #NHS #health

https://thehealthandhealingnarrative.com/2026/04/07/nhs-specialty-training-bottleneck/

@ChrisMayLA6 Starmer and Streeting were cutting training places even before the current threats against the strikers.

This from CLAPA last month where key plastic surgery training for cleft lip and palate is being cut

https://clapa.com/news-and-story/clapa-responds-to-cleft-surgery-training-cuts/

CLAPA responds to cleft surgery training cuts

CLAPA