The British Medical Association (BMA) has this week announced a new four-day strike for junior doctors, which will take place after the Easter bank holiday. The strike will lead to the NHS having a reduced service for ten days in a row, when you include the two bank holidays and weekends. I am a junior doctor, and have not and will not be striking.
Before explaining why, it is worth making clear who will be on strike this Easter. The term junior doctor encompasses the majority of doctors under consultant level, which for most doctors lasts around five to ten years after graduation.
My colleagues have bought nice houses, have children in private school, and the amount of Teslas in the hospital car park does not scream low wages
A doctor starts as a foundation trainee year one, or FY1, in the first year after graduation. Though FY1s have graduated medical school, they are not fully registered until the end of their first year, and there are limits on what they can do during this period. Doctors
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