Campaigning against cuts to funding of General Practice surgeries which mean cuts to patient care
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Today a doctor on the picket line said to me: “MPs have had a 42.7% increase since 2008, Junior Doctors have had a 25% decrease since 2010. So let’s not have MPs saying that pay restoration for doctors is unaffordable. We have families to feed as well.”
A fair point indeed.
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Was a pleasure speaking outside Homerton hospital where I've worked for the past 2 years, in support of our junior doctor colleagues who've seen a 26% pay cut despite keeping the public alive in a desecrated NHS. The fight continues, we continue fighting.
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
Today, we saw solidarity from patients, staff, passers-by and the community who value our junior doctors at Homerton Hospital. Thank you for all you do to keep us well and safe. You deserve a pay rise
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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Dear 🇬🇧,
The govt argues that increasing public sector pay will drive up inflation but the verdict is in: it doesn't. According to LSE, at just 17% of the overall workforce, "public sector pay increases do not translate into higher inflation."
#SOSNHS
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
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The junior doctors operating on your appendix are paid just £66.55 between them. For a potentially life-saving procedure, which lasts about an hour.
Is this a fair price to put on high quality healthcare?
#PayRestoration #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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Mr Barclay neglects to mention the huge number of appointments that have already been rearranged and delayed in advance of the strikes - the disruption has *already happened* because he was unwilling to negotiate with the BMA. – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
The NHS sees more pressure than usual over Easter and the 4 day junior doctors' strike threatens to cause significant disruption.
I urge @BMA_JuniorDocs to call off strikes and get back around the table to find a fair offer. Read more @Telegraph 👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04…
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From the Guardian, this isn't true. The BMA has a national network of professional negotiators that do this with Drs every day of every week & we work as a team. What the Government source means is 'We haven't faced this level of determination from other health unions'. 1/2
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The question isn't-How much should Jnr Drs be paid?
The question is-Do I want a Dr to be there for me when I'm ill?
If yes,we to pay them properly
They're leaving
Relying on consciences of young people with 100k+ of debt is not an effective workforce strategy
#payrestoration
🧵 NEW: Should junior doctors get a 35% pay rise??
Most unions are timid about broaching double figure pay rise demands: not the BMA.
But the fact is, the NHS doesn’t have the pull it once did - and doctors can double their salary overseas @thetimes
thetimes.co.uk/article/7cdda…
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Message for jnr Drs; take action, demonstrate your huge worth by withholding your labour. This is about fairness & has an enormous mandate. Consultants & SAS will cover. Whether you're a ST7 or F1 you have much to gain. Stand together & don't be sweet talked into strike breaking
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Dear @Conservatives,
We save lives for a living. What do you do again besides make policies that enrich yourselves, harm our patients, harm us, and harm the NHS?
#SOSNHS #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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Junior doctor strike: Union's pay demands 'unrealistic', says Steve Barclay - BBC News. I note MP pay up over 30% & >£20k since 2008. Reality: this is a political choice to not pay for doctors. @SteveBarclay blocking talks, not @TheBMA. bbc.co.uk/news/health-652236…
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Anyone who is serious about reducing crime would offer a real alternative to austerity, poverty & alienation.
That means giving young people
opportunities and building economic security.
And it means investing in our communities to create a fairer, safer society for all.
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As I’ve said for 35 years, safe health & care systems require safe staffing levels. Without the right number of skilled staff available, universal care falls to pieces & avoidable harm is everywhere. The staff that remain in an understaffed service will strike out of desperation.
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‘We haven’t had safe staffing levels for a decade at least’ @ShaunLintern
There are undying reasons why the #NHS is struggling
Drs, Nurses & other staff have to make a stand
IF NOT NOW WHEN - the waits are intolerable - staffing unsafe - infrastructure poor
We haven't had safe staffing levels for a decade at least, and probably a lot further back. #whereistheworkforceplan
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We’re trying to get as many followers as Rishi Sunak so we can show the government just how many people are prepared to fight for the NHS and its staff
Please can you help by taking a few seconds to follow us and retweet this?
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It is @SteveBarclay who created this deadlock, and he also has the power to remove it
All we want, all we have ever wanted, is to talk, meaningfully, about #PayRestoration
We don’t need to strike, but we need to know he’s serious - right now, that’s a credible offer
Yesterday JDC co-chairs received a letter from the health secretary – in which he introduced a pre-condition to give up our negotiating position and call off strike action.
Our response below makes it clear that without any credible offer next week’s strikes will continue.
ALT Letter in reply to Health Secretary Steve Barclay from the junior doctor committee co-chairs Rob Laurenson and Vivek Trivedi. Asking for a credible offer to show he is serious about pay restoration.
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And another rebuke from @UKStatsAuth for the Tories.
This time Steve Barclay published ‘misleading’ nurses’ pay graph, says statistics authority.
Just how low can they sink?
Do you think Tories need a Maths lesson or two perhaps?
nursinginpractice.com/latest…
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🚨 @BMA_JuniorDocs offer a way out of next week's #juniordoctorstrikes for @SteveBarclay - IF - he makes a "credible offer" that would be a "starting point" for talks.
"It is entirely within the health secretary's gift to avert the upcoming strikes"
