Update on junior doctors industrial action 11-15 April
| Update on Industrial Action
The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced a 96-hour walkout of junior doctors from 7am on Tuesday, April 11th until 7am on Saturday, April 15th.
They will be joined by members of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) and dental trainees who are members of the British Dental Association.
All NHS Trusts across Cheshire and Merseyside are set to be impacted – immediately after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend – with significant service disruption highly likely.
Once again, the NHS are urging members of the public to make NHS 111 Online their first port of call for all non-emergency healthcare needs.
Almost half of all hospital doctors in the country are junior doctors – more than 50,000. A junior doctor is any medical graduate who is in further training and not yet qualified to practice independently without supervision.
The NHS has tried and tested plans in place to mitigate risks to patient safety and manage any disruption, including industrial action, but inevitably there will be significant service disruption on strike days. |
