https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/senior-doctors-strike-next-month-unless-health-secretary-commits-talks
Consultants in England last went on strike in 2023 but have been in dispute with the government since last yearSENIOR doctors in England will go on strike next month unless Health Secretary Yvette Cooper commits to formal negotiations on pay and working conditions, the British Medical Association (BMA) said today.
Consultants will strike on November 25 and 26.
The BMA added that the government has ignored concerns on the wellbeing and workload of medics.
BMA consultants committee co-chairs Dr Helen Neary and Dr Shanu Datta said: “As the most senior and skilled doctors in the NHS, consultants not only provide front-line life-saving care but they are central to running and designing services, training and supervising the future workforce and ensuring patients get the best treatment possible.
“Solving the pressures facing the health service will be impossible without valuing and retaining these doctors. Yet the government is failing to recognise this, ignoring our concerns around consultants’ wellbeing and workload and pushing them further away from the NHS.
“As the much-lauded progress on waiting lists in England stalls, the government is also telling consultants they deserve another pay cut.”
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