Skip to main content
Gifts from The Morning Star
Doctors take fight for fair contract to Hunt’s door
Health Secretary’s rota plans ‘cannot be allowed’

JEREMY HUNT got a home visit yesterday from more than a hundred junior doctors, who took their strike over his “unsafe” new contract right to the Department of Health.

More than 50,000 members of the British Medical Association (BMA) across England downed stethoscopes for the fourth time in a six-month dispute with the Tory Health Secretary.

Medics reluctantly walked out of hospital wards for 48 hours from 8am, braving pouring rain to form picket lines and talk to patients and the public about the dangers of Mr Hunt’s plan.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a meeting a
Britain / 25 March 2025
25 March 2025
Unions and campaigners warn Chancellor not to betray public sector