Strike leader is NO LONGER a junior doc and can’t even strike
They will down tools for five days from June 27 to July 2, the British Medical Association confirmed today.Committee co-chairs Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi said: "We made clear to the government that we would strike unless discussions ended in a credible pay offer.
"For more than 18 months we have been asking Rishi Sunak to put forward proposals to restore the pay junior doctors have lost over the past 15 years – equal to more than a quarter in real terms. "When we entered mediation with the government this month we did so under the impression that we had a functioning government that would soon be making an offer.BRAVE BATTLENew NHS scheme eases '8am rush' for GP appointments and saves man's lifeIn 2023/24, the basic annual pay for a first-year junior doctor in England is £32,397.This began to be paid in autumn 2023, backdated to April.
According to the NHS Digital workforce and earnings data, the average full-time junior doctor in September 2023 earned a basic pay of £44,5000.A doctor beginning their specialist training will earn between £40,257 to £53,398 a year.
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