and, we ve seen strikes in france, spain and belgium. but this action in england is likely to lead to a quater of a million appointments and operations being cancelled. and earlier catherine burns was in leicesterfor us she gave me this update from the picket line there. i think it s worth starting exactly who junior doctors i think it s worth starting exactly whojunior doctors are. i think it s worth starting exactly who junior doctors are. if you want to become a doctor in the uk, he had to become a doctor in the uk, he had to do between four and eight years worth of training at a medical school. after going to medical school. after going to medical school you become a junior doctor. as a fair chunk of experience, about 75,000 doctors across england will be considered junior doctors. about half the doctors and hospital and a quarter of those in gp surgeries. so how much dojunior doctors earn? these are the different pay scales, because there is such a wide variety and experience, the
because there is such a wide variety in experience, it s a wide variety, a big gap in some of these pay scales. in the first year as a junior doctor, your basic salary will be roughly £30,000. by the fifth year, it s up to £60,000. then these light coloured blue boxes show amounts for things like unsocial hours, working at weekends, overtime, and that would lift salary in the first year to roughly £40,000 on average. the argument that the bma, the british medical association, makes is that these pay scales have fallen dramatically behind inflation, the cost of living, over the last 15 years or so. that is why they are asking for a 35% rise in wages to make up for what they say is a gap, because of inflation, in the cost of living, in the real wages that doctors get. as a result of this, that is why you re seeing 10,000 members, roughly two thirds ofjunior doctors are members of the british medical association, 10,000 doctors are expected to go
thousands ofjunior doctors in england have begun a four day strike, with nhs leaders warning it could be the most disruptive in health service history. a three day walk out last month meant more than 175,000 treatments and appointments were cancelled. the fallout from the current industrial action is expected to be worse. today s strike began at 7am, and will run until 6:59 on saturday morning. junior doctors pay is complex and changes as they progress, in the first decade of their career. after qualifying, basic pay is almost £30,000, and this can be topped up by overtime and extra payments for working unsocial hours. with about seven or eight years experience, they ll have moved up five pay scales, and with specalist training, can expect to earn a basic salary of between £50,000 and £60,000 a year. the union representing junior doctors is asking for a 35% pay rise, saying this will restore wages to 2008 2009 levels, taking account of inflation.
would be roughly £30,000, by the commits it is up to £60,000. these light coloured blue boxes show amounts for things like social hours, working at weekends, overtime, and that would lift salary in that first year to roughly 40,000 on average. now, the argument that the british medical association makes is that these pay scales have fallen quite dramatically behind inflation, the cost of living, over the last 15 years or so. that s why they are asking for a 35% rise in wages to make up for what they say is a gap, because of inflation, the cost of living, in the real wages that doctors get. as a result of this, that is why you see 47,000 members, roughly two thirds of junior doctors, members of the british medical association, 47,000 doctors expected to go on strike in england this week. how, then, could
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