Right after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, so don’t expect the picket lines to be crowded.
Pretty clever if your pay lets you just extend your holiday… and even use it to demand more. Efficient too.
And just to be clear, claims that real pay is down a fifth since 2008? Misleading. BMA relies on outdated metrics that exaggerate inflation.Â
Uniform764 on
Fairly predictable given doctors want pay restoration, this barely covers inflation and is less than MPs got
mookow35 on
Doctors got more than most and get paid overtime unlike plenty of other people (teachers etc). Run out of sympathy.
No_Estimate_678 on
I get it, I get it, I get it.
Everyone’s pay is like a fifth lower compared to 2008Â though.Â
Ongodsworth on
I see the crab in bucket mentality is alive and kicking in the comments….
Good on the doctors – Ive seen first hand how crap their work conditions are. People see a figure and think it’s grand without any understanding of what the job actually entails or that not every single doctor is on a consultants wage……
Zynntra on
It’s hard not to see it as plain greed, coupled with a fair bit of arrogance and a belief they’re above everyone else. And that’s without even touching on the level of incompetence across the medical profession.
Slight-Strategy-5619 on
Can’t afford it. They have had a large increase than others have had. Everyone pay is lower than what it should be. The only people that suffer are patients.
iamlilmac on
Good for them! Anyone against doctors has taken one too many swigs from the political kool aid
Efficient_Morning_11 on
Where’s all the clapping now…. The lowest paid clinicians would earn more stacking shelves and scrubbing toilets
PitifulFish6145 on
Jesus Christ are the comments in here real? AI central it seems. Doctors work their arse off, have massive student debt from years of study and inflated fees and save lives! Pay them what they bloody well deserve.
I am a teacher and will hopefully be on the front line in a few months too as wage stagnation for public services cannot continue with the rampant inflation we are facing and the government are offering a pittance with their dogged determination to continue with austerity measuresz
SiriusRay on
Unfortunately there is no money and holding the NHS hostage is not the answer. Feel free to move abroad if you’re unhappy.
parkway_parkway on
With an aging population, lousy growth, low investment and Brexit every year will be worse than the one that preceded it.
This isn’t a blip. This is managed decline.
Get used to looking back on these as “the good times”.
Bingle_Bongle_197 on
They deserve more but we can’t afford it. I have faith that the government won’t budge on this.
So they can either suck it up or move to Australia, where the mining boom, low public debt and partially-privatised health system can.
Oldschool-fool on
Surely there comes a point when you realise your expectations do not match reality.
BourbonSn4ke on
Death, taxes and a doctors strike
It causes more problems than it solves and causes deaths and late diagnosis
Asking for 70% is straight unreasonable and unrealistic when there can be other ways to decrease the burden that doctors face.
RandonEnglishMun on
Why limit to six days? The government is just gonna wait them out. Strike indefinitely.
RandonEnglishMun on
Workers of the world unite, the only thing you have to lose are your chains!
Flounder-Last on
Med student here. The far greater issue than the pay is the speciality crisis. We were told that we would have job security for life only to have a bunch of unemployed doctors after FY2. There aren’t enough specialty roles so you’ve got thousands of doctors competing for limited places, some of which are much older and have loaded portfolios to reflect that.
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Right after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, so don’t expect the picket lines to be crowded.
Pretty clever if your pay lets you just extend your holiday… and even use it to demand more. Efficient too.
And just to be clear, claims that real pay is down a fifth since 2008? Misleading. BMA relies on outdated metrics that exaggerate inflation.Â
Fairly predictable given doctors want pay restoration, this barely covers inflation and is less than MPs got
Doctors got more than most and get paid overtime unlike plenty of other people (teachers etc). Run out of sympathy.
I get it, I get it, I get it.
Everyone’s pay is like a fifth lower compared to 2008Â though.Â
I see the crab in bucket mentality is alive and kicking in the comments….
Good on the doctors – Ive seen first hand how crap their work conditions are. People see a figure and think it’s grand without any understanding of what the job actually entails or that not every single doctor is on a consultants wage……
It’s hard not to see it as plain greed, coupled with a fair bit of arrogance and a belief they’re above everyone else. And that’s without even touching on the level of incompetence across the medical profession.
Can’t afford it. They have had a large increase than others have had. Everyone pay is lower than what it should be. The only people that suffer are patients.
Good for them! Anyone against doctors has taken one too many swigs from the political kool aid
Where’s all the clapping now…. The lowest paid clinicians would earn more stacking shelves and scrubbing toilets
Jesus Christ are the comments in here real? AI central it seems. Doctors work their arse off, have massive student debt from years of study and inflated fees and save lives! Pay them what they bloody well deserve.
I am a teacher and will hopefully be on the front line in a few months too as wage stagnation for public services cannot continue with the rampant inflation we are facing and the government are offering a pittance with their dogged determination to continue with austerity measuresz
Unfortunately there is no money and holding the NHS hostage is not the answer. Feel free to move abroad if you’re unhappy.
With an aging population, lousy growth, low investment and Brexit every year will be worse than the one that preceded it.
This isn’t a blip. This is managed decline.
Get used to looking back on these as “the good times”.
They deserve more but we can’t afford it. I have faith that the government won’t budge on this.
So they can either suck it up or move to Australia, where the mining boom, low public debt and partially-privatised health system can.
Surely there comes a point when you realise your expectations do not match reality.
Death, taxes and a doctors strike
It causes more problems than it solves and causes deaths and late diagnosis
Asking for 70% is straight unreasonable and unrealistic when there can be other ways to decrease the burden that doctors face.
Why limit to six days? The government is just gonna wait them out. Strike indefinitely.
Workers of the world unite, the only thing you have to lose are your chains!
Med student here. The far greater issue than the pay is the speciality crisis. We were told that we would have job security for life only to have a bunch of unemployed doctors after FY2. There aren’t enough specialty roles so you’ve got thousands of doctors competing for limited places, some of which are much older and have loaded portfolios to reflect that.