Doctor Strikes: A step too far before the election? Feat. Dr. Andrew Meyerson | Jeremy Vine
Junior doctors have started their 11th walkout this morning, demanding a 35% pay rise. Their strike, which the NHS say will cause major disruption, will end on Tuesday - 48 hours before voters go to the polls.
An NHS executive has said there is 'no reason' for industrial action this close to an election, especially as both the Tories and Labour have said they'll restart negotiations.
Matthew Taylor of the NHS Confederation said: "When no political party is in a position to bring the dispute to a close', strikes are a 'bitter pill to swallow for staff and patients'. who have to plug the gaps and patients who will have their appointments cancelled or delayed.'
The BMA have said the strikes are an opportunity for the Prime Minister to show he 'cares' about junior doctors 'even at this late stage'.
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Did you know Jeremy that a newly qualified Physician Associate with 2 year Post 3-year science graduate qualification does a 9 to 5 job and gets 35% more basic salary than a newly qualified Medical Doctor with 5 or 6 years Medical qualification with no out of hours working, no prescribing and no regulation?
If mps get big rises . Why should they miss out. Who would save your life.
The doctors and nurses need to keep up the pressure because it makes no difference if labour or tories win
this is why this government needs to be thrown out of power.
Jeremy, patients are dying every day. That's why the NHS staff are striking, the wards are unsafe BECAUSE the staff are leaving in droves because they are appallingly paid, not on what the papers say they earn either!
@user-dp7bk1dt3t
Ай бұрын
No believe me I have w Dr,s in my family and they actually earn much more with all the enhancements they get in shift allowance weekend allowance I would like to see the actual payslip
imagine if Vine hadnt had a payrise for ten years!!!!!
@patricklee6206
Ай бұрын
They did have payrises all NHS staff got rises in line with inflation. This is a cynical attempt by the leftie unions to do damage to the Tories.
@peteraston4753
Ай бұрын
Did he deserve a pay rise or a cut in pay
@patricklee6206
Ай бұрын
@@user-ol3xe5fz4u The NHS did get payrises since 2010. Those payrises were in line with or just below inflation which has averaged at 3.45%. over that period. Given that recent inflation rates rose to above 10% that indicates that at times inflation was lower than the 3.45% infact at times it was as low as 0.7%. These strikes at this time are nothing more than a political ploy by left leaning unions to help remove the Tories from office. Any other time than just before an election then there is room for doubt. But right now!!!!??? It is a sad state of affairs, that unions representing what is a caring profession are putting patients at risk for political reasons.
@Bringon-dw8dx
Ай бұрын
@@patricklee6206there were literally 3 periods of pay freeze in that time? What are you on about? I think you are confusing doctors with other NHS workers, they are on a completely different contract and have had a much bigger real terms pay cut
@patricklee6206
Ай бұрын
@@Bringon-dw8dx I think that you should read properly what I wrote. I said that they did get payrises. Which they did, what I didn't say was every year.
Wish jeremy vine would do a spot about how many NHS manangement are earning over £200,000 per annum
No they have sat down he simply hasn’t given them what they want 35% for the dr will simply take the food out of the poor children’s mouth because someone will have to go without to pay this
Seems like id get better care in a padded cell 🤣
@user-ol3xe5fz4u
Ай бұрын
spend a week in a psychiatric intensive care unit..seclusion room and emergency injected medication..i dare u!!!!!
@Leon-lt5gv
Ай бұрын
@@user-ol3xe5fz4u i got that treatment when i was addicted to soap ''' but im clean now 🤣
Money where your mouth is time.keep spouting about immigration,nows your chance to increase wages and keep british doctors in the country and attract more british into the profession. Not a chance.
Fire fighters need more money army need alot more I wouldn't put my life on line for 300pounds pre week if you offered me 2k per week instill wouldn't do it
@ItWasAcceptableInThe80s
Ай бұрын
Firefighters got a substantial pay rise, they are employed by the home office and not the NHS. This government has been privatising the NHS by stealth for 14 years.
whats going on with the top of your head jeremy? stop it.
@peteraston4753
Ай бұрын
His brain is trying to escape
Vote Green, Lib Dem, SNP. Do NOT vote reform, tory, labour.
So factory workers drivers etc will went 35 per more money great idea
We all know when/if labour gets in charge, the strikes will stop either because they got what they wanted or labour giving them a blank cheque book
@sarries1
Ай бұрын
Yes and we all know that the conservatives have degraded public sector pay and decimated public services in this country.
One word... Greed
@About_turn
Ай бұрын
One word about you - Scrounger.
Vine is a complete knob 😂