Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wins High Court battle with junior doctors over contracts
Judge rules Mr Hunt did not act outside powers by implementing contract
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has won a High Court battle with junior doctors over a new staffing contract.
Junior doctor group Justice for Health had complained that Mr Hunt wrongly imposed the new contract - which has provoked mass protests and strikes.
But the Department of Health has backed Mr Hunt, a week before the contract is due to come into force.
Mr Hunt has argued that the contract is needed so the NHS can deliver a full seven-day-a-week service.
The dispute has seen the first all-out strikes in the history of the NHS as junior doctors claimed the changes were unsafe.
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "We must now move on from this dispute to the crucial job of making sure patients get the same high standards of urgent and emergency care every day of the week, which involves more than the junior doctors' contract.
"We urge the BMA to remove all threat of further industrial action so we can work constructively with junior doctors to address their wider concerns and better recognise their vital importance to the NHS."
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