Doctors Launch Strike Action in Leicester

Comments made by doctors on the picket line to Socialist Party member Steve Score:

“We are here because we want to stop the dismantling and privatisation of the NHS. Individually we would be better off if it was, but that’s against our principles.”

“I never expected to have to go on strike, Jeremy Hunt should be forced to resign for putting doctors in this position. I don’t want to have to strike but I’m using my right to withdraw my labour. We should take action alongside nurses and other workers.”

“I have seen it from both sides, both as a doctor and as a cancer patient. All the staff in the health service are fantastic. They cried with me and supported me when I needed it. I am from another country and can see what a fantastic thing you have in the NHS.”

For further picket-line reports from across the country see here.

BMA Glenfield picket, Leicester