'Our pay has gone down by 35% since 2008'
Senior doctors on strike outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in BirminghamIt is over a pay dispute - with one consultant in Birmingham saying wages have fallen by 35% in real terms since 2008The government says the 6% pay rise is fair and wants the doctors to end the disputeThousands of senior hospital doctors in England have begun a 48-hour strike over a long-running pay dispute.
One consultant on the picket line in Birmingham said their pay had fallen by 35% in real terms since 2008, which meant the profession was struggling to recruit or retain staff.The government said the 6% pay rise, announced last week, was fair and urged the profession to end the dispute.
Among those on the picket line outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham was Dr Mike Henley, a member of the British Medical Association consultants committee. He said: "Our pay has fallen by 35% since 2008, which is just impossible, particularly as it fares so badly against international standards."And of course for patients, that means worsening waiting times and with waiting times at 7.5 million already, it's something the country can ill afford."NHS England said thousands of planned appointments had been postponed.
Consultants will stop seeing many patients and will not be around to supervise the work of junior doctors.He said the government had listened to their concerns, by increasing the amount that can be paid directly into pension pots tax-free, as well as accepting the recommendations of the independent pay review body and giving consultants a 6% pay rise this year.
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