Junior doctors a 'generation of leaders'

A generation of junior doctors have shown they are ‘inspiring’ leaders who will ‘go to extraordinary lengths’ to improve the NHS for patients. That was the message from BMA junior doctors committee chair Johann Malawana, who told a conference of colleagues that the unity created by the long-running contract dispute should be celebrated. Speaking at the BMA’s annual junior doctors conference Dr Malawana said there are now leaders on every hospital ward in the country and praised consultants, SAS doctors and GPs for coming together. ‘There is much on which we and the government differ, but we can surely agree on this: That this generation of junior doctors doesn’t do apathy, it doesn’t shrug its shoulders, it doesn’t fall into the corrosive trap of giving up,’ Dr Malawana said. ‘This generation has proved beyond doubt that it will go to extraordinary lengths to protect and improve the care of patients. And that is something for us all to celebrate.’ Dr Malawana told the conference that contract negotiations with government, resumed on Monday and running until Wednesday, were positive – with doctors’ leaders not looking ‘to trade grievances but to resolve them’. He said: ‘We have been arguing for 300 days about issues which have damaged junior doctors’ morale and the quality of patient care for much longer than that, and would continue to do so. ‘It’s not the ...
Source: BMA News - Category: UK Health Source Type: news