Appoint a new health secretary to restart junior doctor contract negotiations

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Junior doctors are considering full strike action for the first time in 40 years due to a breakdown of trust in Jeremy Hunt, who has misled parliament and the public on a range of key issues. A new health secretary with detailed knowledge of the NHS is required to restart negotiations with the BMA.

There are multiple unaddressed problems that will affect doctors and patients in the proposed contract:

1. If more doctors are redeployed to the weekend, what effect will there be on weekday services?

2. Has there been any analysis of the impact on future recruitment of doctors in to specialties with higher out of hours commitment, e.g. A&E?

3. The "pay protection" element of doctors' salaries in the pay calculator is only guaranteed until 2019 - will doctors after this date see their pay cut?

Why it was rejected

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Timeline

6 Nov 2015	Petition opened for signatures
10 Nov 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Nov 2015

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