Junior doctors to strike for three days next month in row over pay
The union claims junior doctors — whose duties include ordering tests or X-rays, discharging patients and referring them to other teams — have faced a "real-terms pay cut of more than 26 per cent" since 2008.
It said this year's pay offer of 2 per cent was "insulting" and meant medics are "working more than a month for free" because of inflation.Steve BarclayDr Vivek Trivedi, co-chair of the junior doctors’ committee, said: "There was no offer on the table and the Department made it clear they are not ready to enter negotiations."
The BMA had given the department 24 hours to respond to their request, claiming he had 'dragged his feet' for far too long.The Institute of Fiscal Studies warned the waiting list of
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