{"id":28913,"date":"2017-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/dr-defending-cancelled-surgeries-calls-industrial-action-a-game\/"},"modified":"2017-10-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T00:00:00","slug":"dr-defending-cancelled-surgeries-calls-industrial-action-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/dr-defending-cancelled-surgeries-calls-industrial-action-a-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Defending Cancelled Surgeries Calls Industrial Action A Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

David and Will have questioned the union president who said Thursday\u2019s cancelled surgeries<\/a> were a \u2018win for patients\u2019.<\/h3>\n

\u201cSome of them would\u2019ve been waiting for months to get knees fixed, to get hips fixed, and who knows when it\u2019s going to be rescheduled,\u201d Penbo said. \u201cIt\u2019s not really a win for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, ok I can understand your point there in terms of that,\u201d Dr Laura Willington from the Salaried Medical Officers Association said. \u201cUnfortunately this is the step we\u2019ve had to take to have negotiations progress with the government.\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cUnfortunately we often have to play this game with government, which usually involves having some form of industrial action before we can really get movement on our enterprise agreement, which is disappointing.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

PENBO: \u201cAgain, I\u2019d dispute whether the people waiting to get their knees fixed see it as a game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Today\u2019s @FIVEAABreakfast<\/a> podcast with David & Will:

iTunes https:\/\/t.co\/NmIb1oMwAb<\/a>
Online https:\/\/t.co\/9w8rC7uf2t<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DOFLgZExPf<\/a><\/p>— FIVEAA (@1395FIVEAA) October 12, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote> \n