Doctors and nurses warn NHS already running on 'goodwill' and demand 'proper' payrise
The people behind the scenes trying to make Labour's last pre-election conference a successMedics warned that the plan, which will lead to an extra £1.1bn in funding being pumped into the health system, is unlikely to work as itThe proposals rely on doctors and nurses volunteering for working more night shifts and weekends, but the Labour leader said it would help to ease their own workloads despite the payments being lower than in the private sector.
NHS staff “are up for this because they know that bringing down the waiting list will reduce the pressure on them in the long run”, he said. BMA council chairman Professor Philip Banfield said the “vast majority of doctors already take on extra work”.
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