UK : Striking Junior Doctors To Face Disciplinary Threats If Action ‘Harms Patients'
He called on Mark Porter, chair of the British Medical Association, to push the “short notice” strike back because NHS consultants had not had long enough to make alternative arrangements.
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But the GMC is not alone in its criticism of junior doctors. A rift is emerging between medics after three sets of five-day walkouts were announced.
While the BMA has said it is “absolutely behind” the decision for further action, reports of a split on the union’s council emerged.
Some, including the BBC’s Nick Robinson, reported a motion to back junior doctors passed by a slim majority of 16 to 14.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said the organisation was “disappointed” at the prospect of further sustained industrial action.