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Today the British Medical Association announced that 98% of over 35,000 junior doctors vote yes to strike action. Strikes are due to take place on the 1st, 8th and 15th December. The message is clear; we stand together. The events of the past two months have awakened many junior doctors to a responsibility to engage with healthcare policy. Today we have added strength and unity to the tools of our trade.
Fighting our cause in the media has not been easy. The Department of Health has persistently tried to conflate the junior contract issue with their wider plan for a ‘truly 7 days NHS’. They claim they’re coming through on their democratically elected manifesto promise.
