NHS strike action cost Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble hospitals' trust 'more than £1m in April'
Speaking at the board meeting, LTH chief executive Kevin McGee - who has previously stressed that he supports staff in their right to strike, but expressed his hope for a swift resolution to the ongoing disputes - warned that the trust would lose a “shedload of activity as a consequence of the junior doctors' strike if that continues through the summer and into the autumn”.
“That will reduce our income flow and it will increase our cost base as well. So everything that we do in terms of our financial plans and financial projections [needs to include the] caveat of strikes…and we need to find mitigation for that,” Mr. McGee said. British Medical Association members are due to down tools again for 72 hours from 14th June in their ongoing dispute with the government over pay. They want a 35 percent increase to compensate for what they claim is a 26 percent reduction in wages in real terms since 2008. The government has previously described that demand as “unreasonable” and offered five percent.
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