Striking doctors in Shropshire say they have no option but to be on picket lines this morning in a row over pay. JuniorDoctorsStrike
Junior doctors across the region have returned to the picket lines as the dispute over pay with the British Medical Association goes onHealth bosses have warned it will bring ‘immense pressure’ on services. But Dr Shivam Sharma, a member of the British Medical Association West Midlands regional junior doctors committee, said doctors had faced years of pay cuts in real terms, while the job has got more pressured, and argued the action was necessary.
The British Medical Association wants a 35 per cent pay rise for junior doctors to make up for 15 years of below-inflation wage rises – but the Government has called the claim unrealistic. The strike follows industrial action by junior doctors across last month, where they walked out for 72 hours.Health chiefs have stressed emergency care will be prioritised with people with non life-threatening emergencies being signposted to NHS 111 to avoid the strain on A&E.
"So many of my friends are burnt out. They are leaving in their droves for places like Australia, New Zealand, so they can deliver the kind of patient care they want to."He said:"Our campaign is about pay restoration. We just want our pay to keep up in real terms, which it has not. In fact it has gone down by a quarter and that is quite demoralising.
"Even as a first year doctor you are in charge of hundreds of patients a night so you have a lot of responsibility," he said.
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