Junior doctors offered 22% pay rise in deal to end strike action
Health / Mon 29th Jul 2024 at 12:26pm
THE government and the BMA trade union have struck an improved pay deal for junior doctors in England worth 22% on average over two years reports the BBC.
The BMA’s junior doctors’ committee has agreed to put the offer to its members.
If accepted it would spell an end to long-running strike action which has led to the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of appointments since March 2023.
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gary roberts
2024-07-29 12:42:31
good news at last but what about the conditions part of the deal?
Guy Flegman
2024-07-29 14:54:03
Where is the money coming from? Labour have just said the accounts are 20 billion worse than expected. I have also read that this pay offer has been rejected.
David
2024-07-29 15:00:45
Guy, the money will come from higher taxes off the lower paid. Labour always bow down to the unions and we now know who runs the purse strings. People were warned and this is the start of higher taxes. Next up Train Drivers,
Henry
2024-07-29 17:00:38
Labour is going on like a cracked record, they always try to make the point of how bad the country’s finances are, and the last time it was this bad was due to the 2nd world war, but won’t admit how much they destroyed the economy, and the financial damage they did between 1997 to 2010, through there spend and borrow policies, and to service this debt was now costing 10.3% of GDP, in 1996 this Country borrowed 28 billion, in 2010, it had gone up to 152 billion, It was on the cards as soon as they gained power, no ifs no buts, taxes would rise, wait till October, when they produce there first budget, guarantee they will hit us all at the fuel pumps, costing more to transport goods, and prices will go up. Wouldn’t even surprise me if inflation starts to rise. This is just the start.
Seamus
2024-07-29 18:12:49
This has come at the expense of pensioners losing their winter fuels assistance. Enjoy your extra money junior doctors.
Pedro
2024-07-29 22:12:29
£20 billion shortfall according to the chancellor, so could Chris Vince care to explain exactly where the 22% pay increase is coming from?
David Forman
2024-07-29 22:51:52
To stop the haemorrhage of highly skilled doctors from the NHS and bring to a halt the more than 1.4 million operations and appointments cancelled due to strike action this pay rise was absolutely necessary. To tackle the 7.6 million backlog of NHS treatments the BMA had to be offered a deal part way towards their demands for pay restoration after 14 years of pay deals that offered zero or below inflation rises. The cost of this pay award and other public sector pay settlements due very soon is approximately half the £20billion black hole, as explained by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. See NHS backlog at https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/pressures/nhs-backlog-data-analysis#:~:text=The%20latest%20Referral%20to%20Treatment,individual%20patients%20waiting%20for%20treatment
Guy Flegman
2024-07-30 11:09:12
Sadly the doctors should be paid more, but because we live beyond our means as a nation we can’t afford to pay them more. The result of this is that our doctors leave for countries that can afford to pay them and doctors from poorer countries come here as we pay more than their country of origin. If we want to keep uk doctors and other skilled people here we need to grow gdp per capita which is the only way you can make your country richer. Increasing taxation will always result in decline as the carrot always gets better results than the stick
KCH
2024-07-31 11:21:04
Generally agree with Guy Flegman. Things never mentioned is the fact that they (and other NHS workers) have jobs for life and guaranteed pensions .Not many people in the private sector (wealth producers) can look forward to this perk. They should be payed on results. ie:-get waiting lists down and prove your worth !! Also, if you dislike the situation that much, do what everybody else has to do and give it all up and resign.
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