Union accuses Weston General of misleading it and NHS England over staffing numbers after granting the hospital an exemption under “good faith” PMGallagher1 reports
revoked its permission for junior doctors to leave a picket line in Somerset on Tuesday, accusing a hospital of misleading the union on staffing numbers.
It meant that seven junior doctors could return to work to help non-striking colleagues, following what the BMA called “poor planning by local management” had left the hospital “exposed”.However, after revoking the derogation granted to Weston General, the BMA said: “It has become apparent that both the BMA and NHS England were misled over the level of staffing cover. Either local management were unaware they had sufficient senior cover, or they deliberately misled us.
“We granted a derogation in good faith and it is incredibly disappointing to see this abused in this way. We are grateful to our consultant and SAS [speciality] colleagues for their hard work providing cover during the strikes.”
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