I’d like to dedicate this Frontline Friday to non-consultant hospital doctors across our health system. A diverse group of individual who are defined by something that they are not, they encompass the full swath of medical & surgical specialities, subspecialties and generalities Sometime referenced as ‘junior doctors’ these individuals are anything but junior. They are among the frontline staff who will have most patient contact. They are also referenced by archaic names like ‘Senior House Officer’, ‘Registrar’, ‘Snr Registrar’ & ‘Specialist Registrar’

Personal opinion alert. Getting really fed up of the pantomime around public sector strikes. The seeds of the current disputes were shown during the "emergency measures" during our economic crisis. Rather than cutting salaries across the board, Govt and Unions were happy to throw new recruits under the bus. As if their lack of previous service made them undeserving of #Equalpayforequalwork. Socially divisive and cowardly.