UK junior doctors walk out over proposed NHS contract they say is unsafe and unsustainable

Junior doctors, who make up more than half of all doctors in the National Health Service, walk off the job “in response to a new government contract proposal they say would create unsustainable hours and put patient safety at risk. It’s the fourth such action taken this year by doctors in training in all units but emergency medical care.” Kitty Mohan, a London based registrar and a member of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee, “says funding cuts and increased demands on staffers are fueling burnout.” The current chief executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens, “used to be an executive vice-president of UnitedHealth Group, a private American health care company with revenue of $157 billion in 2015.”