NHS England leaders said the joint walkout of both junior doctors and consultants has caused 'significant disruption and risk' to patients
NHS England leaders said the joint walkout of both junior doctors and consultants has caused ‘significant disruption and risk’ to patients
But in response, Professor Phil Banfield said the NHS should not have booked in operations in the days leading up to strikes so the service was better prepared to cope during the mass walkout of doctors.the BMA said that hospitals “have not been appropriately rescheduling non-urgent elective activity in the days leading up to and during strike action”. The union claims this affected the service’s ability to prioritise urgent cases.
“Although we recognise that consultants have been giving six weeks’ notice of industrial action, we are anxious this in itself is In a response, Professor Banfield said that the union was “committed to ensuring that patients are safe during strikes”. He wrote: “Unfortunately, reports from around the country show that trusts have not been appropriately rescheduling non-urgent elective activity in the days leading up to and during strike action – directly impacting on the ability of the wider service to prioritise more urgent cases.
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