Top doctors’ union fumes that Rishi Sunak is ‘overseeing demise of the NHS’ as 45,000 junior doctors set to strike

The MILITANT doctors’ union British Medical Association has accused Rishi Sunak of “overseeing the demise of the NHS”.

Chief Prof Philip Banfield said before the results of the strike vote were released that 45,000 junior doctors could go.

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Speaking in Bristol tomorrow, he is expected to lash out at Prime Minister and Health Secretary Steve Barclay, saying that a “conveyor belt of Prime Ministers making empty promises” has cut the NHS “to the bone”.

He will say: “This Government, in its silence and disregard for our highly skilled and skilled workforce, is knowingly and deliberately overseeing the decline of the NHS at a time when it is needed most.”

The Health Ministry said salaries of junior doctors have increased by 8.2 percent since 2019/20.

It added: “We realized that the support and retention of the NHS workforce is one of our main priorities.”

“The Secretary of Health and Human Services has met with the BMA and other medical unions to discuss pay, working conditions and workload.

“He has made it clear he wants to continue discussing how we can make the NHS a better place to work for everyone.”

Young doctors could go out for three days in March if they vote for a labor dispute.

It comes after ambulances and nurses have been picketing in recent weeks.