Junior doctors will walk away from our dumbed-down medical regime

AS a consultant psychiatrist in the HSE, I wish to express my dismay at the severely unjust financial treatment proposed in relation to my non-consultant hospital doctor (NCHD) colleagues.

I was, until recent years, an NCHD and I can testify to the tremendous efforts made by this body of doctors to keep an ailing system from complete collapse. Junior doctors are the backbone of the health service.

That is our fault, or should I say the fault of those in command of the service in recent decades.