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NHS bosses have criticised the British Medical Association for its “increasingly hardline” approach in rejecting emergency requests for striking doctors in England to return to work.<\/p>\n

A system known as ‘derogation’ is in place whereby the NHS can ask for resident doctors, who are taking part in a five-day walkout, to cross the picket line where patient safety is at risk.<\/p>\n

As of Sunday evening, 18 requests by hospitals for derogations had been rejected in this strike – the twelfth in the long-running pay dispute – with nine accepted.<\/p>\n

The BMA said while it was ready to respond to emergencies, poor planning and the push to continue non-urgent care in this strike had stretched staffing too much.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, NHS England accused the doctors’ union of putting safety at risk, criticising a “remote BMA panel” for “second-guessing” doctors on the ground who were trying to look after patients.<\/p>\n

A central committee of senior BMA doctors makes decisions on each derogation request.<\/p>\n

NHS England said it was particularly worried about a number of requests relating to cancer care being turned down.<\/p>\n

And it said the BMA was sitting on some requests for hours, with some rejected because hospitals would not pay striking doctors premium rates to come back in.<\/p>\n

Before this strike started, the BMA had only agreed to five derogations during the whole dispute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Among the requests agreed was a doctor to work at Nottingham City Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Three BMA members were also brought in to work a night shift at the Northern General in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

But the BMA rejected a request by Milton Keynes Hospital for a doctor to carry out prostate cancer checks. In that case the BBC understands a doctor did return to work under their own volition.<\/p>\n

A BMA spokesman added: “It remains our position that this agreement will be available for the NHS to rely upon should a safety-critical, urgent event occur.<\/p>\n

“That process is there day and night throughout industrial action, and we remain ready to respond to any emergency requests.<\/p>\n

“However, we need to be clear that the purpose of this agreement is not to facilitate the continued delivery of non-urgent care at the same time as senior doctors are covering for residents taking industrial action, as trusts simply do not have enough senior doctors to do that safely.”<\/p>\n

NHS England sources said it was particularly disappointed with the rejections as the national organisation was now vetting every request from hospitals to ensure a consistency in approach between different places.<\/p>\n

Every request, they said, was based on “rigorous assessment”.<\/p>\n

“We absolutely recognise the legal right for people to strike, but we also recognise that it’s essential to maintain as many services for patients as possible,” they added.<\/p>\n

The five-day strike by resident doctors is due to run until 07:00 on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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