{"id":668,"date":"2016-01-12T14:35:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T14:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2016-01-12T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T14:35:34","slug":"disruption-as-junior-doctors-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/disruption-as-junior-doctors-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Disruption As Junior Doctors Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHS services in England are facing disruption today as junior doctors stage a walk-out over a new contract.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hospitals across the country are offering a severely diminished service during the 24 hour strike, with only emergency care being covered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Around 4,000 routine procedures have been postponed, and further appointments, check-ups and tests have been cancelled.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is thought that one in 10 non-emergency patients will be affected by the industrial action.<\/span><\/p>\n

The NHS says it has put \u201crobust plans\u201d in place to ensure the provision of emergency treatment, and to minimise disruption.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSerious adverse effect on patients\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

However, Christopher Hix from the Patients Association said patient safety was bound to be affected. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very hard to believe that junior doctors not being at their posts isn\u2019t going to have a serious adverse effect on patients and patient safety\u201d, he commented. <\/span><\/p>\n

The timing of the strike is particularly problematic, with Mr Hix highlighting that many hospitals are \u201calready on black alert\u201d due to high levels of demand.<\/span><\/p>\n

This sentiment was echoed by health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who said it would be \u201cdifficult to guarantee that every patient will be kept safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the first of three strikes planned for the coming weeks. The third, on 10<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> February 2016, is a full walk-out \u2013 including emergency care.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Poor hospital safety<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If you or your loved one has been injured by poor hospital safety, please get in touch with us to discuss a compensation claim.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NHS services in England are facing disruption today as junior doctors stage a walk-out over a new contract. Hospitals across the country are offering a severely diminished service during the 24 hour strike, with only emergency care being covered. Around 4,000 routine procedures have been postponed, and further appointments, check-ups and tests have been cancelled. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[684,714,715,713,716],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-junior-doctors","tag-junior-doctors-dispute","tag-junior-doctors-row","tag-junior-doctors-strike","tag-nhs-doctors-strike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}