The cast of Green Wing reunite for Junior Doctors strike at the same hospital where the series was filmed
Sporting their trademark green scrubs the cast have made an appearance to show solidarity with real life doctors
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Your support makes all the difference.In an apt display of solidarity, the cast of Green Wing have reunited to support the Junior Doctor’s strike at Northwick Park Hospital in North London - the same hospital where the series was filmed.
Sporting their immediately recognisable, trademark green scrubs, the cast of the Channel Four noughties sitcom, have turned out to support the goals of real life doctors.
Stephen Mangan, who played Guy Secretan in the series, gave a short commentary of the picket line on Twitter.
“2 surgeons, a house officer, the HR director and a sexy Swiss anaesthetist - Northwick Park Hospital at 11am #juniorcontract #GreenWing,” the the 47-year-old actor wrote.
Today’s 48-hour strike is the fourth junior doctors’ protest to date, with more strikes programmed for the end of the month, as the ongoing dispute continues.
In the latest walkout, thousands of doctors have gone on strike and more than 5,000 operations have been cancelled today.
Junior doctors are protesting against the new contract in England, which the British Medical Association says is unfair and argues will compromise patient safety.
In their own words, "We urge the government not to impose a contract that is unsafe and unfair. We will resist a contract that is bad for patients, bad for junior doctors and bad for the NHS.”
Under changes proposed by the government, medics will no longer be paid more for working unsocial Saturday shifts and will simply be given the normal rate.
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