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Tens of thousands of medics strike in the latest blow to the health service, staff warn of deteriorating conditions and pay

March 13, 2023 | 03:23pm

‘We are in an ethical dilemma’: Junior doctors in England walk out as government talks continue


Vincent McCaughan, a cardiologist at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, joined the last junior doctors’ strikes in 2016, when as health minister Jeremy Hunt sought to impose new contract terms.
Since then, he has seen NHS waiting lists lengthen and more colleagues leaving for better terms of work in Australia.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:Delphine Strauss
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