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Imposing a contract has the appearance of strength but reveals a position of weakness.
Because there aren't enough doctors, there aren't enough nurses and imposing a contract that worsens working patterns, training and puts patients at risk is not the solution.
"Imposing a contract, in its current form, is asking junior doctors – the future of our NHS – to work under conditions in which they neither feel valued nor able to deliver safe patient care".
Imposing a contract is not the preferred solution of any party – the door is still open for the BMA to come back to the negotiating table and we urge them to do so".
Dr Mark Porter, BMA council chair, said: "We regret the inevitable disruption that this will cause but it is the government's adamant insistence on imposing a contract that is unsafe for patients in the future, and unfair for doctors now and in the future, that has brought us to this point".
When the Guardian interviewed Hunt last Friday, he refused to rule out imposing a contract on consultants in England if they did not agree to work at weekends as part of their normal duties, as part of his push to honour the Conservatives' manifesto pledge to create a "truly seven-day NHS" by 2020.
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Then came the Government's threat to impose a contract of questionable merit on junior doctors.
A: "We urge the government not to impose a contract that is unsafe and unfair.
We will not stand idly by as the government imposes a contract that undermines that.
"We urge the government not to impose a contract that is unsafe and unfair.
The Health Secretary imposed a September deadline on negotiations, warning that the Government could impose a contract unilaterally if necessary.
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