Seven days in medicine: 24-30 January 2024

Industrial actionJunior doctors will be re-balloted on strikesThe BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee for England will re-ballot its members over another six months of industrial action. For the first time junior doctors will also be asked to approve “action short of a strike” as part of the mandate for action, such as working to rule or not working overtime. The committee’s current mandate for action expires at the end of February. If doctors vote yes in the ballot, which will run from 7 February to 20 March, the mandate for strike action in England will extend until September 2024. (Full story doi:10.1136/bmj.q200)Calocane caseSpotlight on mental health services in NottinghamshireThe health and social care secretary, Victoria Atkins, ordered a special review of mental health provision by Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, where the convicted killer Valdo Calocane had been treated for paranoid schizophrenia. Calocane was given a hospital order last week after admitting…
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