Industrial action by resident doctors
The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that their resident doctor membership will take industrial action at NHS trusts across England, including at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday 30 July.
Our number one priority is to continue to ensure the safety of our patients as well as looking after the welfare and wellbeing of our colleagues. This will mean some necessary changes to the services that we are able to provide during and potentially after the strike.
Whilst most of our services, in our hospitals, in our community sites and in people’s homes, will continue to operate, including all emergency and essential services, we may have to postpone a number of planned outpatient appointments and elective procedures. Some appointments after the days of the industrial action may also be affected. All patients impacted by this will be contacted directly and rescheduled as soon as we can.
If you have not heard from us by the day of your appointment, please come to your procedure or appointment as planned.
Raghuv Bhasin, Chief Operating Officer at the Trust said, “Thanks to the hard work and flexibility of colleagues we will be able to safely staff and maintain the majority of our services during the strike period. Unfortunately, to ensure the continuity of our emergency and essential services we may have to postpone a number of planned appointments and procedures. We would like to apologise to anyone whose appointment has to be postponed.
We would like to ask for the public’s support during this period of additional pressure by only coming to our Emergency Department for genuine emergencies. If you need medical advice but it’s not urgent, please contact NHS 111 who can provide advice and direct you to the best place for the care you need.”