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16th Feb 2016

Missing Junior Doctor Reportedly Left Note For Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

Rose Polge, 25, from Devon, UK, has not been seen since Friday.

Megan Cassidy

It has been reported that missing junior doctor Rose Polge, left a “note addressed to Jeremy Hunt” before disappearing.

The BBC reports that the note was found in the 25-year-old’s car, with “a reference to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.”

Rose’s car was found in a car park near Ansteys Cove in Torbay, after she disappeared on Friday.

Divers are currently searching just south of the cove, as part of a large scale operation to find the 5’2″ brunette.

TORQUAY, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: Police divers search the water at Anstey's Cove as they continue searching for missing junior doctor Rose Polge on February 16, 2016 in Torquay, England. Fears are growing for Doctor Polge, who works at Torbay Hospital in Devon, after she was last seen on Friday afternoon and her car was found abandoned in a carpark near Anstey's Cove in Torquay. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
 Police divers searching the water at Anstey’s Cove today. 

Dr. Polge’s family have released a statement which says:

“We would like to thank everyone for their help, hope and kind words.

“The support we have received from family and friends has been much appreciated, and clearly Rose is loved far and wide.’

“We are overwhelmed by the support from her friends and colleagues, dozens of whom have been combing the Devon Coast in search of Rose.”

Last month Dr Polge posted a new Facebook profile picture, featuring the hashtag #NotFairNotSafe, and was a member of a Facebook group set up to co-ordinate striking junior doctors at the Devon hospital.

She also shared a link to a petition asking the British Medical Association to support the junior doctors’ strike which opposed changes to working hours and conditions proposed by Mr Hunt.

Police are appealing for the public to contact them with any information or sightings of Dr Polge.