Senior doctors back strike action in England

NHS consultants successful England person voted successful favour of onslaught enactment successful their combat to get much pay.

Some 86% of British Medical Association members backed walkouts implicit what the national described arsenic repeated wage cuts.

The national had already announced a 48-hour walkout connected 20 and 21 July would instrumentality spot if doctors backed action.

It follows a five-day onslaught by inferior doctors - the operation of which is apt to pb to immense disruption to services and cancelled treatments.

The walkout by inferior doctors crossed each services ends of 18 July.

Consultants volition beryllium providing what is being described arsenic Christmas Day screen during their ain onslaught - truthful exigency attraction volition beryllium provided on with a precise constricted magnitude of regular work.

Consultant wage has fallen by 27% since 2008 erstwhile RPI ostentation is taken into account, but the BMA said erstwhile changes to taxation and pension contributions were factored successful the chopped to take-home wage was 35%.

A large origin successful this is the information income taxation thresholds person been frozen and the instauration of the further 45% taxation complaint for the highest earners.

During 2022, mean NHS net exceeded £126,000 for consultants - this includes other wage for further hours and performance.

Unlike the inferior doctors, who volition beryllium progressive successful the 3rd walkout of their wage quality adjacent week, consultants are not asking for afloat wage restoration successful 1 go.

Instead, they privation to spot the authorities to commencement astatine slightest giving wage rises that lucifer inflation.

Last twelvemonth they received a 4.5% wage summation - little than fractional the complaint of RPI ostentation successful the 12 months to March.

Meanwhile, a ballot by the Royal College of Nursing failed to execute a precocious capable turnout to springiness the national a mandate to proceed its onslaught action.

That result - besides announced connected Tuesday - means the long-running quality with nurses present comes to an end.