Junior Doctors strike outside Princess Alexandra Hospital
Health / Mon 13th Mar 2023 at 01:59pm
TENS of thousands of junior doctors have launched a three-day strike in a dispute over pay and conditions.
Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) in England formed picket lines outside hospitals across the country in the longest-ever period of industrial action by junior doctors.
The BMA said newly qualified medics make £14.09 an hour, less than a barista in a coffee shop, adding that junior doctors in England will have suffered a 26% real-terms pay cut since 2008/09.
YH went down to the Princess Alexandra Hospital to speak to Junior Doctor Noah Blackmore.
Comrade
2023-03-13 16:33:43
Good luck.
Paul
2023-03-13 16:37:59
Well spoken Dr Noah. They deserve every penny they're asking and more. Good luck.
Michael Kelly
2023-03-13 16:40:44
Solidarity with the junior doctors! Underpaid and overworked! It’s no surprise they’re wanting to leave the NHS. Government needs to get a grip and start having meaningful discussions with the BMA
Hmmmm
2023-03-13 17:52:57
I agree with the above comments.....just a shame that it's 'us' the patients that mostly suffer from these strikes. It's also 'us' the patients that pay their wages.
David Forman
2023-03-14 00:23:35
We clapped for them during Covid, now it's time to cough up
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