Health chief: letter backing ‘whatever is necessary’ on contracts was not agreed

Jeremy Hunt’s claim to have the backing of 20 NHS bosses for his decision to impose new contracts on junior doctors unravelled overnight as at least half said they had never agreed to support forcing the deal.

A letter from the chief negotiator in the dispute, Sir David Dalton, calling on the government to do “whatever it deems necessary” to break the deadlock, and listing the 20 names, was cited by Hunt in announcing his decision to force through changes to pay and conditions.

Claire Murdoch, the chief executive of the Central and North West London NHStrust, said she had no idea she had even been associated with the letter until it was published, and had asked for her name to be removed. For the full article click here 

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