BMA Ballots Junior Doctors for Strike Action – Guido Fawkes

BMA Ballots Junior Doctors for Strike Action

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The BMA will ballot resident doctors (junior doctors) for strike action from 27 May to 7 July. The doctors’ and dentists’ pay review body published its recommendations after a delay…

The union’s resident doctors’ committee says:

“Today we met with Wes Streeting and made clear that all he would have to do to avoid the need for a ballot was pledge to negotiate a fair deal that moved us toward pay restoration by 2027, in line with existing BMA policy. Unfortunately, he could not make this commitment. Resident doctors are not going to be ignored. We are going to stand up for our value to the NHS and to patients, and we are going to fight to stay on the path set out for us by last year’s deal: restoration of our pay to the level of 2008.”

Comes after Labour negotiated a deal straight after the election. Fun summer ahead…