Member

As I see it, the action the Government are taking today is part of a general programme of trying to turn this around. I think the leadership of the profession has much to answer for in the way these resident junior doctors have been treated in the past. It is about time the colleges stepped up to the plate to sort some of these issues out, in conjunction with the GMC. I am not pretending this is easy; it is a difficult decision, and I feel great sympathy for some of the doctors caught in the current situation. I hope my noble friend the Minister will assure me that this is the foundation to improve our whole approach to medical training.