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1. Could The BMJ please obtain and publish, on line, a copy of what HEE has written to the employers and the Employers' reply?
2. Could The BMJ please publish a sample draft contract (the new version)?
3. Will the BMA get the new sample contract vetted by its leading Counsel?
I put not my faith in the Princes of Downing Street.
Re: Junior doctors will have whistleblowing protection added to contracts
1. Could The BMJ please obtain and publish, on line, a copy of what HEE has written to the employers and the Employers' reply?
2. Could The BMJ please publish a sample draft contract (the new version)?
3. Will the BMA get the new sample contract vetted by its leading Counsel?
I put not my faith in the Princes of Downing Street.
Competing interests: No competing interests