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Doctors versus Jeremy Hunt – a liberal cause we should all champion

By Christopher Kane | Thu 30th July 2015 - 4:48 pm

Ever since Jeremy Hunt spoke to the King’s Fund and Radio 4, when he stated doctors had a “Monday to Friday mentality” and needed “to return to a sense of vocation”, there has been an all-out war between doctors and the health secretary being played out on social media.

His point was that doctors were a roadblock to his plan of 7-day services and they needed to be dealt with; this would save 6000 lives.

The backlash began with #iminworkjeremy campaign, where people took selfies of themselves proving to the health secretary that they were already at work.

This has been followed up by a petition of over 200000 people calling for a vote of no confidence in him, and a follow up campaign #weneedtotalkaboutjeremy which has received little attention.

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