NHS: Junior Doctors’ Contract Debate
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(8 years, 1 month ago)
Lords ChamberMy Lords, the strong advice that we have is that the Secretary of State does have the power to introduce the new contract along with the NHS employers.
My Lords, the Government must realise how disillusioned junior hospital doctors are now. This has gone on for far too long. Is it not time that we had a new Secretary of State for Health, and that the present one should resign?
No, I do not agree with that. Where I do agree with the noble Baroness is that this has gone on for far too long. We have been in discussion on this issue for nearly four years. It has got to come to a resolution, so the Secretary of State is absolutely right to introduce this new contract.