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Listen to staff, patients, members of the public and experts on healthcare about their opinions on the real issues facing the NHS today. Including information on the hotly debated junior doctors contract and subsequent strikes, the quality of weekend hospital care based on real evidence and not conjecture, and poignant stories from frontline NHS staff and patients amongst others.
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A choir founded by talented junior doctors sing to save the NHS. They continued to work full time and dedicated weeks of their own free time to make this single.
Dr Whitford, who used to be a junior doctor before hours safeguards were introduced describes how devastating it could be without them. Hospital trusts are under increasing pressure to meet national targets whilst saving money, and without safeguards, junior doctors will be in a position where they could be forced to work longer hours for reduced pay. Doctors have been bullied and degraded by the government's handling of the contract negotiations with unfounded accusations of being responsible for excess weekend mortality.
Vicky's brother is waiting for an operation that was postponed due to the junior doctors' strike. She supports junior doctors in their action and agrees the working conditions of all NHS staff are poorly understood by the government.
A junior doctor explains the patient safety concerns about the junior doctors' contract. Doctors are close to leaving the NHS which could leave it no longer fit for purpose. He suspects these changes are a tool for the stealth privatisation of the NHS.
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Full Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1XR_K5OaM&feature=youtu.be
Dr Mehdian, a junior doctor is seriously concerned about the removal of safeguards in the junior doctors' contracts which would endanger patients. Dr Smith from the Patients Association is worried patients are being used as a pawn in this dispute and urges a resolution.
Dr Khan, a junior doctors is seriously worried about the proposed junior contract changes which will lead to unsafe working conditions, and staffing shortages in the NHS. Increasing elective NHS services requires increased funding. Saving money in the NHS should not cost lives. Alex Wild from the Taxpayers Alliance also values patient safety and discusses the cost of NHS and where this money is best spent.
Drs Clarke & Wollaston debate the proposed junior doctors' strike and the junior doctors' contract government proposals which will endanger public safety in the NHS.
Dr Hoenderkamp explains her concerns about changes to the junior doctors' contract to Vanessa Feltz on her breakfast show, and describes how current working conditions in the NHS are far from perfect, and due to worsen. She also refers to the commonly misused weekend death rate statistic which has led patients to falsely believe they will receive inferior care at weekends.
Dr Ward debates with Andrea Jenkyn MP for Morley from the Health Select Committee about some controversies surrounding the junior contract.
Dr Deveson discusses the learned helplessness state of junior doctors, enduring worsening conditions of working in the NHS for years, until finally the proposed contract changes which endanger public safety as well as their own triggered the massive dispute that is still ongoing.
Video Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfRezS1dZJY&app=desktop
Plastic surgeon Mr Sheena discusses the cancellation of the first planned junior doctors' strike, and the 11th hour proposal by Jeremy Hunt that came too late to avoid disruption to hospital appointments.
Patrick spoke with Dr Lauren Gavaghan after an explosive BBC Question Time show, where he admitted he had avoided going to hospital at the weekend because he believed the government's misinformation. A happy ending to an emotional debate.
Dr Youngstein talks to BBC News from the first Junior Doctors Protest held in London about the potential struggles faced by doctors in research if the new contract proposals are enforced.
Dr Collier voices the reasons that led to the first junior doctors' strike in 40 years, including serious concerns about patients being at risk of coming to harm if the government's proposals go through unchallenged.
Originally aired on BBC Breakfast Show on 12/1/16
Dr Carson speaks from the picket line discussing the realities of junior doctor staffing levels at the weekend, and the safety measures in place during the first junior doctors' strike in 40 years.
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For the full show visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cnmzx
Dr Prague, a junior doctor talks to Roberto Perrone about the calling off of planned strikes, and why junior doctors were forced to go ahead with the first set of strikes in early January.
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For the full show visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03dsjmj
Dr Pimenta, a London based junior doctor, talks to London Live about the government's dangerous misuse of statistics related to weekend NHS care, which many doctors and leading experts believe is endangering public safety.
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