Hospital doctors want better pay and say inflation has not kept up with wages
Posted on 12/06/2023 7:41:39 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Hospital doctors want better pay and say inflation has not kept up with wages
Hospital doctors in England plan to strike around Christmas in their longest industrial action in the history of Britain's state-run health service, after pay talks broke down Tuesday.
Junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- have already staged several strikes this year because of deadlock over pay demands sparked by the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation.
The doctors will walk out from December 20 to December 23 and again from January 3 to January 9, their union, the British Medical Association (BMA), said in a statement.
Members voted to strike after negotiators for the UK government's health department failed to put forward "a credible offer to end the pay dispute" following five weeks of discussions, the BMA added.
The union said junior doctors were offered a 3.0-percent rise on average this year, on top of an 8.8-percent increase they were already given earlier this year.
The BMA said the proposal would "still amount to pay cuts for many doctors this year".
Julian Hartley, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospital groups in England, said January's six-day stoppage "will be the longest strike in NHS (National Health Service) history during the busiest and toughest time of the year".
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Under socialized medicine doctors are slaves of the state.
They need to sit down, shut up and go back to the cotton fields.
But health care in the UK is still free, right? No problem then.
Why would a Doctor work for the NHS? The Doctors who turned in Lucy Letby had to apologize to her for accusing here of baby killing. The NHS Bureaucrats sided with Letby.
To do no harm?
Socialized medicine. Isn’t it grand?
RE: Socialized medicine. Isn’t it grand?
Can anyone tell me whether or not PRIVATE MEDICAL PRACTICE is allowed in England?
Yes, private medical practice is allowed in England; it’s just less common than here.
Growing up, we knew that if it’s ‘free’ that means it’s not worth anything. Like the toy in the Cracker Jack box
Don’t believe it? Just talk to anyone living in the UK about their health care
Bully for them.
Did you get a raise? I sure didn’t.
This means fewer people will be murdered by NHS.
They kill approx 120,000 people a year by denying them medical care starting with water and food.
Google: liverpool pathway scandal, dailymail
Hospitals bribed to put patients on pathway to death: Cash incentive for NHS trusts that meet targets on Liverpool Care Pathway
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223286/Hospitals-bribed-patients-pathway-death-Cash-incentive-NHS-trusts-meet-targets-Liverpool-Care-Pathway.html
It gets pretty damn tricky when you actually need it.. Be sure you get on the infamous Waitlists.
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