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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Health
- Scottish Sun
TV professor Robert Winston QUITS top medical union over ‘dangerous' doctor strikes & says ‘this isn't the time'
The professor has stressed that it's 'important that doctors consider their own responsibility much more seriously' DOC SHOCK TV professor Robert Winston QUITS top medical union over 'dangerous' doctor strikes & says 'this isn't the time' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A RENOWNED doctor has resigned from a top medical union after slamming "highly dangerous" planned strikes by medics. Professor Lord Robert Winston - who pioneered IVF treatments in the UK - has quit after more than 60 years as a member of the British Medical Association (BMA), ahead of strike action later this month. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up The professor, 84, who came to fame through his TV documentaries on child development, believes "now isn't the time" for strikes as they risk "long-term damage" to the public's faith in doctors. Earlier this week, the BMA announced that resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors) in England would walk out for five straight days from 7am on July 25 over disputes with pay. Professor Winston told The Times: "I've paid my membership for a long time. I feel very strongly that this isn't the time to be striking. "I think that the country is really struggling in all sorts of ways, people are struggling in all sorts of ways. Strike action completely ignores the vulnerability of people in front of you." The professor, who has been a member of the union ever since he qualified as a doctor, quit the BMA on Thursday but has urged the union to reconsider its decision. He stressed that it's "important that doctors consider their own responsibility much more seriously". Professor Winston was made a life peer in 1995 and has presented a number of major scientific BBC series including Child of Our Time and The Human Body. He hopes that the BMA will abandon its strike plans and work with ministers to negotiate solutions with the government and bring about improvements to "appalling" working conditions and night shifts. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called for resident doctors to "abandon their unreasonable rush to strike" and said that NHS recovery is "fragile". Mr Streeting told the Commons on Thursday: "We have put the NHS on the road to recovery, but we all know that the NHS is still hanging by a thread, and that the BMA is threatening to pull it." More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Health
- The Irish Sun
TV professor Robert Winston QUITS top medical union over ‘dangerous' doctor strikes & says ‘this isn't the time'
A RENOWNED doctor has resigned from a top medical union after slamming "highly dangerous" planned strikes by medics. Professor Lord Robert Winston - who pioneered IVF treatments in the UK - has quit after more than 60 years as a member of the British Medical Association (BMA), ahead of strike action later this month. The professor, 84, who came to fame through his TV documentaries on child development, believes "now isn't the time" for strikes as they risk "long-term damage" to the public's faith in doctors. Earlier this week, the BMA announced that resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors) in England would walk out for five straight days from 7am on July 25 over disputes with pay. Professor Winston told "I think that the country is really struggling in all sorts of ways, people are struggling in all sorts of ways. Strike action completely ignores the vulnerability of people in front of you." Read More on UK News The professor, who has been a member of the union ever since he qualified as a doctor, quit the BMA on Thursday but has urged the union to reconsider its decision. He stressed that it's "important that doctors consider their own responsibility much more seriously". Professor Winston was made a life peer in 1995 and has presented a number of major scientific BBC series including Child of Our Time and The Human Body. He hopes that the BMA will abandon its strike plans and work with ministers to negotiate solutions with the government and bring about improvements to "appalling" working conditions and night shifts. Most read in The Sun Health Secretary Wes Streeting called for resident doctors to "abandon their unreasonable rush to strike" and said that NHS recovery is "fragile". Mr Streeting told the Commons on Thursday: "We have put the NHS on the road to recovery, but we all know that the NHS is still hanging by a thread, and that the BMA is threatening to pull it." More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at 1 Robert Winston has called upcoming strikes by doctors 'highly dangerous' Credit: Alamy
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mirror
Top TV doctor from This Morning and The One Show quits his latest link
Professor Robert Winston - who has been an expert on This Morning and The One Show - has quit the British Medical Association (BMA). The scientist and TV presenter, 84, described planned strike action by resident doctors as "highly dangerous". The band of medics - previously known as junior doctors - voted overwhelmingly in favour of the action, which Prof Winston feels will put the most vulnerable at risk. Prof Winston, who became a household name through his documentaries on child development, said he resigned from the BMA on Thursday, having been a member of the BMA since he qualified as a doctor more than 60 years ago. The father of three, born in London, said: "I've paid my membership for a long time. I feel very strongly that this isn't the time to be striking. "I think that the country is really struggling in all sorts of ways, people are struggling in all sorts of ways. Strike action completely ignores the vulnerability of people in front of you." Prof Winston, who presented 17 series of pioneering documentary Child of Our Time on the BBC, urged the union to reconsider, saying it is "important that doctors consider their own responsibility much more seriously". He also told The Times the walkout could cause "long-term damage" to people's faith in doctors. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has also encouraged the doctors to make a U-turn, telling the Mirror the move would put into jeopardy work Labour has done to cut NHS waiting lists since the party's return to power. Writing for us, he said: "This recovery is fragile. That's why I'm urging the BMA to think again about launching a strike that would jeopardise the real progress that patients are seeing." Speaking in The Commons this week, Mr Streeting added: "We all know that the NHS is still hanging by a thread." The walkout, in a dispute over pay, is supposed to happen for five consecutive days from Friday July 25 at 7am. It has concerned Prof Winston, a Labour peer, so much he has scrapped his time with the BMA, the trade union created in 1832 in London. Its stated aim has always been to "to promote the medical and allied sciences, and to maintain the honour and interests of the medical profession". Prof Winston, an IVF pioneer, worked in the industry for several decades after joining Hammersmith Hospital as a registrar in 1970. He also took on media work in the 1990s and has been a regular face on our TV screens since, with stints as an expert doctor on This Morning on ITV and The One Show on the BBC. The Mirror has approached BMA for a comment.
