Junior medical doctors in England are to stage a four-day walkout from August 11-15, the British Medical Association has mentioned.
It is the fifth time junior medics may have taken industrial motion of their pay dispute with the federal government.
They need a return to a wage equal to what they earned in 2008 – which is equal to a 35% rise.
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Earlier this month, the federal government mentioned it had made a “final” pay supply to junior medical doctors and Rishi Sunak mentioned there can be no extra negotiation – however the BMA says it’s “not for Rishi Sunak to decide that negotiations are over” with out stepping in a room with the union.
Junior medical doctors will obtain a 6% pay rise, plus £1,250 added to their salaries – equal to a elevate of between 8.1% and 10.3% relying on earlier pay packets.
“We will not negotiate again on this year’s settlements, and no amount of strikes will change our decision,” Mr Sunak mentioned.
The most up-to-date set of strikes will begin at 7am on Friday 11 August and 7am on Tuesday 15 August.
Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, the co-chairs of the BMA’s junior physician council, mentioned: “It ought to by no means have gotten to the purpose the place we would have liked to announce a fifth spherical of strike motion. Our message in the present day stays the identical: act like a accountable authorities, come to the desk to barter with us in good religion, and with a reputable supply these strikes needn’t go forward in any respect.
“The prime minister has informed us that talks are over. But it isn’t for Rishi Sunak to resolve that negotiations are over earlier than he has even stepped within the room. This dispute will finish solely on the negotiating desk. If the PM hoped to demoralise and divide our career along with his actions, he will probably be upset.
“Consultants, along with our specialist and associate specialist colleagues, have covered crucial services during our strikes and those same consultants were also on their own picket lines last week. Mutual solidarity has been on display at hospital picket lines up and down the country: this is a profession united in its refusal to accept yet another pay cut.
“Junior medical doctors aren’t going anyplace nonetheless a lot authorities would possibly want we’d. The info haven’t modified: we now have misplaced greater than 1 / 4 of our pay in fifteen years and we’re right here to get it again.”
Mr Sunak’s finality on pay offers came alongside dictations to other parts of the public sector, including the police, NHS and armed forces.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt mentioned the rises would require round £5bn in cuts over the subsequent two years.
This contains discovering “efficiencies” and “reprioritisation” – which often means cuts – though Downing Street mentioned a few of the cash will come from “underspends”.
There have been calls from well being service leaders to finish the dispute after figures confirmed that industrial motion in England over the past eight months led to 819,000 appointments, operations and procedures being postponed.
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