Doctors union tops up £1m reserve pot for strikes Healthcare The trade union for doctors has stashed away hundreds of thousands of pounds more to fund future strike action despite posting another year of losses, new accounts reveal. The British Medical Association (BMA), which represents over 200,000 doctors and students, put aside around £300,000 more funds towards its reserve for industrial action last year, according [...]
Physician associates union: BMA pay demands ‘unsustainable’ Politics The British Medical Association’s “obsession with unsustainable pay demands” is pushing other areas of the health service to the brink, as resident doctors gear up for a third strike this year in the lead up to Christmas. According to the trade union representing physician associates, a range of more junior medical staff are being effectively [...]
‘Further to go’: Junior doctors to vote on 22 per cent pay rise Politics Junior doctors are set to vote on a proposed 22 per cent pay rise despite admitting there is “further to go” to achieve pay restoration.
NHS junior doctors announce new five-day strike in long-running dispute over pay May 29, 2024 Junior doctors in England will strike over five days from 27 June until 2 July in a long running dispute over pay, the British Medical Association has announced.