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https://www.bma.org.uk/RDC 31-08-2016 10:21:43
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Just to remind everyone & media; It’s been 47 days and counting since Resident Doctors invited Wes Streeting to negotiate. This is what happens when you refuse to negotiate👇🏼 Get in the room and table a credible inflation-indexed route to full pay restoration! #JoinStrikeWin ✊🏼



A result. Unfortunately, the threat of striking is the only thing the government understands when it comes to negotiating on pay. The ball is in Wes Streeting's court now. No longer in opposition, he has the ability to avert the strikes and show that he values the workforce.

Solidarity with English colleagues who voted YES to standing up for what you're worth, YES to rebuking the failing DDRB & YES to showing that we're resolute in achieving Full Pay Restoration In Scotland negotiations continue & BMA Scotland continue to hold Scottish Government to account 🏴

‘Doctors have spoken and spoken clearly: they won’t accept that they are worth a fifth less than they were in 2008.’ Resident Doctors co-chairs Dr Melissa Ryan 🦀 and Dr Ross Nieuwoudt react after resident doctors delivered a renewed mandate for strike action. Full story:

We’ve made it very clear to Wes Streeting that last year was only a first step towards #PayRestoration. @melissa_s_ryan speaks to Times Radio 👇

As co-chair of the BMA Resident Doctors Committee Dr Melissa Ryan 🦀 says, it’s entirely reasonable for a fully qualified doctor to move from £17.56/hr to £22.67/hr. These are the doctors caring for 100s of sick patients overnight. It’s time for Wes Streeting to pay drs fairly.


No doctor today is worth less than they were 17 years ago, as Dr Melissa Ryan 🦀 has told Newsnight. That’s why resident doctors in England have voted for industrial action. There’s still time for the Government to listen and avert the strikes.




“Our committee is on standby to consider any credible proposals you make.” Co-chairs Dr Melissa Ryan 🦀 and Dr Ross Nieuwoudt have written to Wes Streeting saying there is still time to present a credible offer and call off the strike.


“All we are seeking is a reversal of pay cuts. We want that to be relatively speedy and we want that to be a reasonable journey, just like Wes Streeting promised us last year.” Emma Runswick 🏳️🌈 speaks to LBC about resident doctors’ pay dispute with government👇

“I’m really hopeful that Mr Streeting will come to these talks with a plan to end this dispute.” Emma Runswick 🏳️🌈 speaks to Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning, about the negotiations with Wes Streeting this week.

"They need to address the looming number of doctors facing unemployment." In our latest podcast, Tom Dolphin🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ The BMA speaks to Rebecca Coombes about what the government should do to stop medical workforce collapse 🎧 apple.co/4eJuTUe 🎧 bit.ly/4kySc4r
