The term 'junior doctor' does not signify youth or lack of qualification, but rather denotes doctors who are not yet consultants or experienced GPs. This includes doctors with over a decade of experience. The UK Health Secretary, Victoria Atkins, has faced criticism for referring to junior doctors as 'doctors in training', with many arguing that the term is misleading and insulting. Atkins has refused to resume negotiations with junior doctors until they call off their strike. The controversy has sparked widespread debate and calls for fair compensation for junior doctors.
"It's just absolutely pathetic." @HenryRiley1 reacts to health secretary Victoria Atkins referring to junior doctors as 'doctors in training'. https://t.co/n612YU6F8F
'Junior doctor implies that they are still not qualified properly...we should abolish the term junior doctors it's so misleading.' Dr Hilary discusses the phrasing used by the Health Secretary, Victoria Atkins on GMB when referring to junior doctors. https://t.co/0HXV9C7uUI
Did you know the word ‘junior’ in Junior Doctor doesn’t mean young or unqualified It’s simply the term for any doctor who is not yet a consultant or experienced GP That includes this 40 year old who’s been a doctor for over 10 years Please RT if you think everyone should know https://t.co/Ad9r8fFNnY
A completely ridiculous thing for the Health Secretary to say. Junior doctors can have up to nine years of working experience as a hospital doctor. Instead of insulting them, pay them properly! https://t.co/ied47NVHKj
Atkins says she called junior doctors 'doctors in training' because its term used by BMA itself - https://t.co/KjRanUieN2
Referring to junior doctors as "doctors in training" is a clear and deliberate attempt to mislead the public. Junior doctors are poorly named. Everyone south of a consultant is a "junior doctor" and often they'll be the most senior doctor in the hospital. Victoria Atkins must… https://t.co/mhF2RmIK8u
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has refused to get back round the table with junior doctors until they call off their industrial action. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/tONU0yPbcz
This idiot is our health secretary. She thinks 'junior doctors' are 'doctors in training'. The reality is that they are all hospital doctors who are not consultants - in other words, the majority of all doctors, and many of them have considerable experience. Is she being… https://t.co/dxNBl0y8Z9
Left: Health Secretary Victoria Atkins on BBC News this morning dismissing the value of junior doctors Right: Dr Dev Gakhar explains the different levels of junior doctors. There's nothing 'junior' about them, they're fully qualified doctors! https://t.co/7K3fZG3eFl
As I understand it, most junior doctors are qualified doctors Thinking of the last few shambolic years, if only politicians were as well qualified….. https://t.co/mJNGJJ14k4
‘Junior doctors, or doctors in training as I prefer to call them.’ Shocking ignorance. If Victoria Atkins genuinely believes that junior doctors are ‘in training’, then she doesn’t understand her brief and she is unfit to be Secretary of State for Health. https://t.co/fPqjqFbhb8
'Doctors in training as I prefer to call them walked out of our negotiations' Health Secretary Victoria Atkins spoke to #BBCBreakfast about the 72 hour junior doctors strike in England https://t.co/YKYqO83Xrp https://t.co/PDCwoRRDaI
Victoria Atkins: "Junior Doctors or Doctors in training as I prefer to call them" #Insulting #BBCBreakfast https://t.co/uEFSWs9l5n