‘This is not the time to stand out’: IVF pioneer Robert Winston stops the BMA about ‘very dangerous’ walkouts

One of the most famous TV doctors in the country has resigned from the British Medical Association about planned strike action by Resident doctors.

Professor Robert Winston, a Labour -Peer who became a household name by his documentaries about the development of children, claimed that the ‘very dangerous’ strike could harm people in the profession.

The 84-year-old IVF pioneer has been a member of the Union since he qualified as a doctor more than 60 years ago, said that he resigned at the BMA on Thursday.

Earlier this week, the association announced that Resident -doctors, formerly Junior Doctors, would walk out for five consecutive days in England from 7 am on July 25 in a dispute about wages.

Profs Winston, who delivered the BBC documentary -child of our time, said Time: ‘I have paid my membership for a long time. I feel very strong that this is not the time to be striking.

‘I think the country is really struggling in all sorts of ways, people are struggling in all sorts of ways.

“Strike promotion completely ignores the vulnerability of people for you.”

He insisted on reconsidering the trade union and said that it is “important that doctors consider their own responsibility much more serious,” and emphasized that the strike could cause “long -term damage” to the faith of people in doctors.

Earlier this week, the BMA announced that residents, formerly Junior Doctors, would walk outside for five consecutive days of 7 hours in England in a dispute about wages

Health secretary Wes Streeting called on Resident doctors to “leave their unreasonable hurry to stop” and said that NHS recovery is “vulnerable”

Health secretary Wes Streeting called on Resident doctors to “leave their unreasonable hurry to stop” and said that NHS recovery is “vulnerable.”

Mr. Streeting told the Commons on Thursday: ‘We set the NHS on his way to recovery.

“But we all know that the NHS is still hanging on a thread and that the BMA threatens to attract it.”

The BMA has been contacted for comment.