Specialist doctors threaten industrial action over pay
Junior doctor members of the British Medical Association (BMA) during a rally outside Downing Street in London, at the start a four-day strike amid the bitter dispute with the government over pay,August 11, 2023
A THIRD group of hospital doctors in England threatened industrial action today in the latest twist to the NHS pay dispute.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said that members working as specialist doctors will consider planning for an indicative ballot for industrial action unless the government makes an offer to “urgently improve” their pay and working conditions.
Dr Ujjwala Mohite, who chairs the specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) UK committee, said in a letter to Health Secretary Steve Barclay that while preliminary talks have been encouraging, the government is still to make an offer reversing years of pay erosion for SAS doctors.
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