Tube operators already enjoy generous pay and conditions, compared to other public. Just one in three junior doctors support latest strike action. Senior clinicians, nursing staff and operation leads have worked together over the last few weeks to ensure. Everyone is sharing this table about the tube strike, but heres why. A junior doctors contract dispute in england led to industrial action being taken in 2015 and 2016. However, without the support of the junior doctor body, it is unknown if this will occur without further strikes. Only 1 in 20 junior doctors support militant leaders latest. This is in response to the department of health pushing through a new contract which the overwhelming majority of. Lessons to be learned from the uk junior doctors strike. Public support is overwhelmingly behind the junior doctors. They can be in these programmes from anywhere from 39 years depending on the speciality they undertake. It covers medics who have just graduated from medical school through to those who have more than a decade of experience on the front line. Is the uk junior doctor strike in any way justified. West bengal chief minister mamata banerjee, in a press conference, saturday said that she has accepted all the demands of the protesting junior doctors in th.
The first thing to say is that the english nhs started breaching the 18 weeks target last year, and that cannot be blamed on the junior doctors strikes. Would you support junior doctors if they go on strike. Its claims merit at least the scrutiny wed apply to teaching or train driver unions whose strikes lead to school and tube closures. Nov 19, 2015 in a ballot of more than 37,000 junior doctors in england, organised by the british medical association, 98% have voted in favour of full strike action. The junior doctors strike explained in one chart financial. Junior doctors have rejected the health secretarys lastminute pay offer and will go ahead with their ballot for strike action. Junior doctors ballot for strike action over pay cut. Five facts that undermine the junior doctors strike adam. Doctors have the potential to earn more, but thats only after years in education including university and two years experience at a hospital. Doctor adam dalby is a junior doctor who is not supporting tomorrows act. Key questions answered the health secretary says nhs care needs to extend to seven days but the junior doctors say it. Thats compared to the wage of a junior hospital doctor who will start on.
Junior doctors in england are taking part in the second day of an allout strike between 08. Junior doctors strike over pay and working hours as it. As a recently qualified doctor, i am deeply concerned with the new contract for trainee doctors being imposed on us by the government. This is a full walk out and includes emergency care. A summary of why the junior doctors will be striking tomorrow. Junior doctors strike latest news updates, dates, opinion. This new contract increases doctors normal working hours from 7am to 7pm monday to friday to 7am to 10pm monday to saturday. The doctors are providing emergency cover only during the 24hour walkout, which got under way at 08.
Junior doctors leaders are objecting to the prospect of a new contract in england. This compares to junior hospital doctors who receive a basic starting salary. Jeremy hunt grilled over new junior doctors strike youtube. Junior doctors in england withdraw emergency care in. Doctors strike turnout much lower than last time, says jeremy hunt. In the united kingdom, junior doctors are qualified medical practitioners working whilst engaged in postgraduate training. Apr 26, 2016 junior doctors in england are taking part in the second day of an allout strike between 08. They joined their colleagues across the country for the first protest in 40 years. Junior doctors overwhelmingly vote for nhs strikes society.
Skys eamonn holmes takes health secretary jeremy hunt to task as the dispute over junior doctors working contracts rumbles on. The dispute is about working hours and the pay but one of the main points is about payments for working on saturdays. Apr 25, 2016 why i no longer support the doctors strike adam dalby. The government has described the current arrangements as outdated and. If you read it as 98% of all junior doctors voting to strike, thats incorrect, but it is correct that 98% of junior doctors who voted on the issue backed the strike. This is the end of the bbcs live coverage of the junior doctors strike for today. Brilliant statement by dennis skinner, house of commons, 25 april 2016. The bma balloted members on strike action over health secretary jeremy hunts proposed changes to pay and working conditions for junior doctors. A junior doctor is any doctor who is not a gp or consultant who is in training to be one of those two. Tube drivers who plan to strike on wednesday evening could be earning.
Junior doctors in england withdrew emergency care for the first time in the nearly 70year history of the countrys national health service, in a move that marks a significant escalation in an. Holiday time differs as well, with drivers taking more days than doctors annually at 43. On 26 april 2016, junior doctors withdrew from emergency and routine care, the first time this had happened. Only 1 in 20 junior doctors support militant leaders. And when you are all dragging out a miserable existence, gasping for breath or dying for want of air, if one of your number suggests smashing a hole in the side of one of the gasometers, you will all fall upon him in the name of law and order. More than 5,000 operations have been cancelled as doctors strike for the third time over the new contract, which. After five years of university study, a junior doctor in britain will earn. The fight for the nhs is on as junior doctors were set to walk out on tuesday of next week in the first of three planned walkouts. The majority of the public support the junior doctors strike starting today, but support for this new round of action is slightly lower than for previous strikes when emergency care was not affected, finds a new ipsos mori poll for bbc news. In a ballot of more than 37,000 junior doctors in england, organised by the british medical association, 98% have voted in favour of full strike action.
Hundreds of junior doctors are again on strike at nottinghamshire hospitals as a dispute with the government over a new contract rumbles on. Apr 27, 2016 the junior doctors strike explained in one chart. This is in response to the department of health pushing through a new contract which the overwhelming majority of junior doctors oppose. Junior doctors again withdrew their labour for routine care on 10 february. Junior doctors took part in a general strike across the nhs in england on 12 january 2016, the first such industrial action in 40 years. The firstever allout doctors strike is a bleak day, ministers say, but hospitals seem to be coping well during tuesdays stoppage in england. London underground drivers make more than some doctors business. Surveys say we still support the junior doctor strikes. Last week saw the latest wave of junior doctors strikes in the uk, as part of their ongoing opposition to the governments proposed new contract.
The union boss who is leading the tube drivers on a strike over pay has seen his own sixfigure salary increase by more than. Striking tube drivers can earn more than some hospital doctors. The latest ballot may result in a more rapid imposition of this contract. Pm accuses junior doctors of playing politics over strike more than 6,000 operations a day could be cancelled, with warnings the nhs has had. Junior doctors strike in england disrupts care for.
Junior doctors strike and effect on patients comment. Thousands of junior doctors have gone on strike across england in a dispute over pay and working hours they claim will compromise patient safety the health secretary, jeremy hunt, said the. Only one in 20 junior doctors support the latest proposed strike action credit. The health secretary has accused junior doctors of misleading the public over the impact of his changes, yet at the same time he continues to conflate junior doctors legitimate concerns and the governments rhetoric on sevenday services, malawana said. However, on the other hand, i dont believe that junior doctors should base their strike action on wages because after they have qualified and completed 35 years of work in the nhs they can. Junior doctors are due to take industrial action from 8am to 5pm on tuesday 26 april and wednesday 27 april. Doctors, represented by the british medical association. The british medical association bma members voted by 98 percent.
May 15, 2017 the bma balloted members on strike action over health secretary jeremy hunts proposed changes to pay and working conditions for junior doctors. A negotiation between nhs employers and the main uk doctor s union, the british medical association bma had been overshadowed by the secretary of state for health, jeremy hunt threatening to impose certain aspects. The maximum hours doctors can be made to work is actually decreasing. Jan 12, 2016 thousands of junior doctors have gone on strike across england in a dispute over pay and working hours they claim will compromise patient safety the health secretary, jeremy hunt, said the. Out of over 37,000 doctors balloted, about 28,000 voted to strike and about 600 voted against. Dozens of operations at the queens medical centre, nottingham city hospital, kings mill and newark hospitals are expected to be cancelled along with hundreds of out patients appointments. Dennis skinner vs jeremy hunt on junior doctors strike. Sep 02, 2016 just one in three doctors actually support the latest round of strike action credit. Furthermore, in early august strike action seemed much more likely with the jdc stating it would seek support from the rest of the bma for strikes this september. Junior doctors in london staged a strike against government plans to reform pay and work hours. Many people have pointed out that train drivers can start out on an initial salary.
The nhs is meant to be returning to the 18 week waiting time target by the end of march 2017, and has agreed local trajectories for doing so. One day last week, i came out of a tube station in central london to hear a cacophony. Allout stoppage has begun tue, april 26, 2016 thousands of junior doctors are staging the first allout strike in the history of the nhs after the health secretary made it. Dr abeyna jones junior doctor in occupational medicine, medical director of medic footprints ben birchallpa wire watch this if you want to know why junior doctors are. The fortyfive thousand balloted returned an impressive 98% in favour of industrial action, which is set to take to place following a collapse in talks with the tory government. Just one in three doctors actually support the latest round of strike action credit. I myself spent 14 years as a junior doctor so was still one aged 37. Dr abeyna jones junior doctor in occupational medicine, medical director of medic footprints ben birchallpa wire watch this if you want to know why junior doctors are striking and how much they. The junior doctors are responding to an unprecedented attack on pay and conditions, which the tories are determined to. A negotiation between nhs employers and the main uk doctors union, the british medical association bma had been overshadowed by the secretary of state for health, jeremy hunt threatening to impose certain aspects.
Sep 04, 2016 only one in 20 junior doctors support the latest proposed strike action credit. Dennis skinner vs jeremy hunt junior doctors strike youtube. Most of us love the nhs, and the junior doctors, who are so. There are currently 55,000 junior doctors in england, making up a third of medical workers. Tube drivers who plan to strike on wednesday evening could be earning more than some hospital doctors, it has emerged. Hospitals in england are facing major disruption as junior doctors have gone on strike in a dispute with the government over a new contract.
In recent times, the government has managed to paint tube drivers as dinosaurs who. The british medical association is claiming that todays strikes, in part, are about delivering safeguards to protect patients against the consequences that can arise from tired, overworked doctors. Junior doctors in britain are preparing to strike next week for the first time in their history. Junior doctors strikes the effect on waiting times. Junior doctors strike in wb could end as mamata hints. Apr 26, 2016 the firstever allout doctors strike is a bleak day, ministers say, but hospitals seem to be coping well during tuesdays stoppage in england. Key questions answered the health secretary says nhs care needs to extend to seven days but the junior doctors say it cant be done without extra money. Jan 11, 2016 the majority of the public support the junior doctors strike starting today, but support for this new round of action is slightly lower than for previous strikes when emergency care was not affected, finds a new ipsos mori poll for bbc news. The bma has started balloting around 40,000 junior doctors in england today about possible industrial action. Getty images there now seems to be a realisation that the fiveday strike is a step too far and thousands of. The truth is that the junior doctor contract is in no way a barrier to sevenday services, with the vast majority of junior. Mar 09, 2016 this is the end of the bbcs live coverage of the junior doctors strike for today. Five facts that undermine the junior doctors strike. We followed all the action as tens of thousands of junior doctors walked out for their second 24hour strike.
Sir, it is time for the bma to acknowledge the harm that a strike on this scale at such short notice will cause to patients longest nhs strike to delay 30,000 operations, sep 1. Most doctors spend 89 years as a junior but many stay as juniors for longer, especially female doctors who may take time out for families, academics who take time out to do research and doctors in specialities where training in two. Discussing whether junior doctors should strike or not is the conservative mp and head of the health select committee sarah wollaston and junior doctor rachel clarke who works at a hospital in oxford. We are not special, but we are highly trained workers, and we are already paid less than tube drivers, and managers of fastfood restaurants to name a few.
The majority of them will be participating in the first allout strike in protest at the. The period of being a junior doctor starts when they qualify as a medical practitioner following graduation with a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery degree and start the uk foundation programme, it culminates in a post as a consultant, a general practitioner gp. Jeremy hunt savaged by eamonn holmes over junior doctors. Irregular, short notice working hours do not allow human beings to live their lives outs. Nov 24, 2015 the fight for the nhs is on as junior doctors were set to walk out on tuesday of next week in the first of three planned walkouts. Apr 15, 2016 how rbch is preparing for the junior doctors strike on tuesday 26 and wednesday april 2016. Junior doctors are covering the hospital 247, 365 days a year and always have done. So as you may have or may not have heard, junior doctors this month are due to be balloted by their union, the bma, to make a collective decision as to whether or not to strike. All the latest breaking news on junior doctors strike. Todays junior doctors strike differs from other industrial disputes for a simple reason. Around 37,000 junior doctors british medical association bma.
Sep 02, 2016 pm accuses junior doctors of playing politics over strike more than 6,000 operations a day could be cancelled, with warnings the nhs has had little time to make contingency plans. Do you support or oppose junior doctors in allout strike. Apr 06, 2016 the term junior doctor is a little misleading. How tube driver salaries compare to a doctors as london. As a person, i dislike imposition of contracts that are basically you are required to work when and where the employer decides. Jul 08, 2015 tube drivers who plan to strike on wednesday evening could be earning more than some hospital doctors, it has emerged. Browse the independents complete collection of articles and commentary on junior doctors strike. After two years of training in hospital, that rises to at. The bma balloted members in november 2015 and industrial action was scheduled. Pm accuses junior doctors of playing politics over strike. Junior doctors overwhelmingly vote for nhs strikes. London underground drivers make more than junior hospital doctors but they have just gone on strike for the second time in a month. Sep 05, 2016 junior doctors strikes set to take place for five consecutive days next week have been called off following concerns for patient safety. It was the sound of drivers tooting their support, as striking junior doctors.
Why i no longer support the doctors strike adam dalby. Junior doctors strikes set to take place for five consecutive days next week have been called off following concerns for patient safety. A junior doctor is someone that has completed a minimum of a medical degree so 57 years of university and enrolled in a training programme at an nhs teaching hospital. Over 19,000 operations and procedures have been cancelled since the start of the year, due to the strike action, which has had a profound impact on many of those affected. Thats enough, junior doctors the nhs has bigger problems. How rbch is preparing for the junior doctors strike on tuesday 26 and wednesday april 2016.