junior doctors

Junior doctors across the country have walked out for the tenth time since last year due to pay disputes. This has resulted in at least 113,779 appointments and surgeries being cancelled at the busiest time of the year for the NHS, and the rearrangement of more than 1.3 million...

From the 11th to the 15th of April, junior doctors, fuelled by frustration with the growing economic crisis, took to the streets in vocal protest to fight for fair wages and better working conditions. To understand the underlying issues behind the strike action and what it means for new...

No sooner has the result of the EU referendum just about sunk in, we now have a new Prime Minister, after initially being told we would have to wait until September to settle on David Cameron’s successor. And the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, wasn’t keen on hanging around....

With junior doctors dominating the news, Impact Features tries to give you the key facts about the current debate between the medics and the government. The reasons for the recent junior doctors’ strikes are many and complex, but they fundamentally stem from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plan to make a ‘Seven Day...

At 2.p.m. on Saturday 20th February hundreds gathered in front of the Brian Clough Statue, in the centre of Nottingham, in a show of solidarity with Junior Doctors. The rally was held in response to the unilateral action taken by Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to impose the Junior Doctors...

The British Broadcasting Company is a bastion of our nation’s information. In a society wrought constantly between Left and Right, the BBC is the neutral pillar where the world’s events are portrayed without political bias. Well, supposedly at least. As stated in their guidelines, the BBC claims that ‘impartiality...

The University of Nottingham’s (UoN) Students’ Union and MedSoc held a gathering on Portland steps at 1pm on 12th January 2016 to show solidarity for health care professionals amid tensions over junior doctors’ contracts. Students’ Union President Angharad Smith opened the protest with a speech, thanking students and staff alike for “coming and...