Stories from the picket lines

Junior doctors explain their fears with the Government contract proposal in the first instalment from picket lines across England Life savers make an entrance Junior doctors in Derbyshire used their training to provide lifesaving skills to the parents of around 100 babies and children. Shifts of eight paediatric trainees are giving respiratory and cardiac arrest training to 35 parents per session inside St Peter’s Church Hall, Derby. Each of the four slots today are fully booked. Derby foundation doctor 2 Sam Thacker, who attended, said: ‘There’s a talk at the start about why [this knowledge is] important, what to do if your child stops breathing or if they choke. [The parents] seem to be really enjoying the training. ‘It’s really life support — respiratory and cardiac arrest — for babies, up to the age of one or two years old.’ He added that the training is relevant for older children too. Outside the hall, around 20 doctors talked to passers-by about the contract dispute and the facts behind the rhetoric. They also had a petition calling on the Government to remove the threat of imposition. Dr Thacker said: ‘A lot of people are saying they support us. Some people have been asking what the dispute is about — they think it’s about pay — and we have been telling them the facts, and also asking them about their concerns.’ Abhishek Joshi (pictured in the video above) hopes the skills he and his juni...
Source: BMA News - Category: UK Health Source Type: news