The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ Trainee Doctors’ Group (ATDG) has today written to the Prime Minister to set out their concerns with the imposition of the junior contract.
Read the letter here: AoMRC Trainee Doctors' Group Letter to the Prime Minister
Responding to the letter, Prof Derek Bell, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, said:
“The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh wholeheartedly supports the excellent work that the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ Trainee Doctors’ Group (ATDG) undertakes in representing the views of junior doctors across the UK.
“The College fully shares the concerns that the group has raised in its letter to the Prime Minister regarding the Secretary of State for Health’s decision to impose a new contract on junior doctors and the impact this will have on patient safety and the future of the medical workforce.
“The ATDG have made it clear that they felt a fully negotiated settlement was attainable but imposing the contract is further undermining the morale of this hard working group of doctors and will be detrimental to the long term sustainability of the NHS in England.
“The junior contract alone cannot be seen as the solution to seven day working, which would require significant investment in staff and services across the sector.
“We hope that their legitimate concerns are acknowledged and addressed, otherwise any review of morale and working conditions will be meaningless.”
ENDS
Contact: Lisa Rooke, RCPE - 0131 247 3688 / 07717 895628 / l.rooke@rcpe.ac.uk
