April 11th 2023.
Thousands of BMA members are standing up for their rights, launching a four-day strike over pay to cause disruption to the NHS. An estimated 350,000 appointments, including operations, will be cancelled due to the walkout. Doctors began picketing outside of hospitals from 7am this morning and will remain on strike until Saturday morning. NHS England's Professor Sir Stephen Powis expects the number of cancelled appointments to be much higher than the 175,000 from the last period of industrial action. This shows a remarkable commitment to achieving better pay for these doctors, and is one of the biggest walkouts in NHS history. The staff are asking for a 35% payrise, which is not an unreasonable request considering they have seen a 26% real-term pay cut since 2008/09.
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(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Junior doctors in England have launched a four-day strike in a dispute over pay, a move which is expected to cause huge disruption to the NHS. An estimated 350,000 appointments, including operations, will be cancelled due to the walkout by members of the British Medical Association. This is one of the biggest walkouts in NHS history, with doctors picketing outside hospitals from 7am and staying on strike until Saturday morning. The strike is set to affect hundreds of thousands of patients, with managers estimating that the number of cancelled appointments could rise by 100,000. The dispute centres around a pay row between the BMA and Government, with the union asking for a full pay restoration that the Government said would amount to a 35% pay rise – a request which union officials claim is not a 'tall ask' given that junior doctors in England have seen a 26% real-term pay cut since 2008/09.
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