NHS patients told to brace for strikes up to Christmas
NHS President, patients should support themselves for the possibility of doctor strikes up to Christmas.
Junior doctors will enter the third day of a five -day strike on Sunday, and NHS leaders said that more walking in the coming months is almost inevitable. The latest negotiations between the Ministry of Health and the British Medical Association (BMA) made very little progress.
David Promert, General Manager of University College London Hospitals (UCLH), and NHS UK Deputy General Manager David Prosert said, “This may be a marathon. Sunday Times.
Young doctors have a strike task that lasted until January 6, but union leaders suggested that industrial action could concentrate this autumn this autumn.
Advisors and secondary doctors were sent an indicator strike vote last week in response to the payment proposal of a 4 percent government, which they branded as “insults”. Voting compasses are closing on September 1.
In other parts of the NHS, the GMB Union is considering the action between the ambulance and hospital staff after 67 percent of the members voted to refuse a 3.6 percent fee proposal on Friday. The Royal Nursing College will also announce the outcome of the payment ballot this week and sources declare a “strong participation”.
Sir Jim Mackey, General Manager of NHS, warned that keeping the waiting times of the hospital in a long -term deterioration will take a “great effort”.
Uz We know that the ongoing disruptions in the coming months can see a snowball effect for patients and staff, ”he said. “We have seen this before, and last year, it has made a great effort to accelerate the waiting lists and time.”
Despite efforts to restart the dialogue, tensions have increased in recent days. BMA Council President Tom Dolphin said that the union consulted lawyers after showing that both Sir Jim and Health Secretary Wes Streeting can try to restrict stunning doctors to receiving delight shifts, which are usually a key source of income.
Junior doctors are demanding a 26 percent wage increase to reverse what BMA has said that it has been a real payment deduction since 2008. The government argues that it is already acting; Last year, Mr. Streeting gave young doctors an increase of 28.7 percent for three years, which ended the previous wave of strikes.
However, medical officials say that the increase is followed by years of wage erosion, and especially since 2021, the sharp increase in inflation has been taken into consideration, it has left salaries in 2008 levels in real terms.
However, there are signs that public support for strikes began to shift. Last week, a Yougov survey says that only 34 percent of the people fell from 59 percent in March 2023, 52 percent of them are currently opposed.
