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Are being balloted for potential strike action. those in scotland have already come to an agreement with the scottish government. dr vivek trivedi, co chair of the bma junior doctors committee explained why they had to resort to this long strike. ultimately because doctors are not worth any less than they were in 2008. we ve seen our pay fall by more than 26% in that time and we ve got doctors who are graduating after £100,000 of debt from five to six years of medical school being paid £15.50 an hour. and what that send signals to for doctors as they progress is that they re not valued, especially after all the hard work they put in to train and they re being, you know, poached, in some situations, by places like australia, new zealand and ultimately we are losing our workforce and we need to do something about that. our health correspondent ....
Junior doctors in england an average rise of 8.8%. but medics said the increase was not enough to address pay erosion over the last 15 years. further strikes took place at the end of the 2023 but they failed to reach an agreement. junior doctors in wales are planning a 72 hour walkout from 15th january while doctors in training in northern ireland are being balloted for potential strike action. those in scotland have already come to an agreement with the scottish government. dr vivek trivedi, co chair of the bma junior doctors committee, explained why they had to resort to this long strike. ultimately because doctors are not worth any less than they were in 2008. we ve seen our pay fall by more than 26% in that time and we ve got doctors who are graduating after £100,000 of debt from five to six years of medical school being paid £15.50 an hour. ....
Those in scotland have already reached an agreement with the scottish government. dr vivek trivedi, co chair of the bma junior doctors committee, explained why they had to resort to this long strike. ultimately, because doctors are not worth any less than they were in 2008. we ve seen our pay fall by more than 26% in that time, and we ve got doctors who are graduating after £100,000 of debt from five to six years of medical school being paid £15.50 an hour. and what that sends signals to for doctors, as they progress, is that they re not valued, especially after all the hard work that they put in to train, and they re being, you know, poached in some situations by places like australia, new zealand. and ultimately we re losing our workforce, and we need to do something about that. we re joined by the conservative mp, steve brine, who chairs the commons health and social care committee. given the importance of retention in that workforce and the impact on the ....
Worth any less than they were in 2008, we have seen our pay fall by more than 26% in that time and we have doctors who are graduating after £100,000 of debt from five to six years of medical school, being paid £15.50 an hour. what that sends signals to four doctors as they progress is that they are not valued, especially after all the hard work they put into train, and they are being poached in some situations by places like australia, new zealand, and ultimately, we are losing our workforce. we need to do something about that and that is what we are here to try to send a message to the government. but the government says it will not negotiate while the doctors are striking. they picked this week, which we all know is one of the busiest weeks in the nhs diary. we have coronavirus, we have flu, we have norovirus increasing, and it will have we re very concerned about the consequences it will have, notjust for this week of industrial action, this six days, but also the consequences ....
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