The government is resisting what it believes are inflationary pay demands from junior doctors for the sake of NHS staff, health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has told HSJ, as junior doctors’ are to strike.
This video is always worth a revisit…
Junior doctors in England are planning to stage the largest walkout in the NHS’s history from July 13-18.
Consultants – the most senior doctors – are planning to stage industrial action from July 20-21, when they will only provide scaled-back “Christmas Day cover”.
Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, said: “The impact of these disputes is fraying the fabric of the NHS, held together by a unique sense of commitment and shared endeavour across the workforce that has served it so well over so many years.”
Junior doctors’ strike
Filmmaker Peter Stefanovic created a new video pulling apart Barclay’s claims.
Peter shared the video and wrote: “This week’s junior doctor’s strike in England will be the longest in NHS history Bonkers Health Secretary @SteveBarclay has said “I’m fighting doctors’ pay demands…for the sake of NHS staff” imagine his shock when he finds out Junior doctors actually work in NHS hospitals.”
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