Lee Anderson, the Conservative Party’s deputy chairman, apologised to Dr Tom Dolphin over an erroneous social media post related to the ongoing junior doctors’ strike. Anderson has also agreed to pay £1,870 to the British Medical Association’s (BMA) strike fund to compensate for any disturbance he may have caused. Dr Dolphin, a consultant, was covering for striking junior doctors and had not gone on strike himself on the day he was attacked and misrepresented by the government.
Anderson’s tweet has since been deleted, and the MP wrote an apologetic post on Sunday acknowledging that his remarks were misconstrued. He said he believed Dr Dolphin gave his pay for the covered shift to the BMA’s strike fund and, while he did not approve of the strikes, he would make the same contribution to the fund. Dr Dolphin welcomed the apology and thanked Anderson for his donation.
Doctors have been repeatedly misrepresented by the government during this labor dispute, according to the BMA, which stated that it was good that false allegations made about Dr Dolphin had been rectified. In the long-standing debate about pay and circumstances in England’s National Health Service, junior doctors have staged a succession of strikes. Last week’s meetings, which were described as “constructive,” were the most recent attempt to resolve the matter.
In conclusion, Dr Tom Dolphin, a consultant, was covering for striking junior doctors and had not gone on strike himself on the day he was attacked and misrepresented by the government. Lee Anderson, the Conservative Party’s deputy chairman, apologised to Dr Tom Dolphin over an erroneous social media post related to the ongoing junior doctors’ strike. Anderson also agreed to pay £1,870 to the British Medical Association’s (BMA) strike fund to compensate for any disturbance he may have caused
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