Two things. Firstly, patients are being harmed because hospitals are being forced to cancel planned operations and procedures, some of which people have been waiting years for.
Secondly, they just went on strike last year and won a huge pay rise, significantly ahead of inflation. The argument put forth by the BMA is based on bad data and misleading statistics.
There are significant structural problems within the NHS that need to be addressed, including some that directly affect the earning power of young doctors. None of which will be fixed if they keep going on strike.
BawdyBadger@feddit.uk 4 days ago
I live in Northern Ireland. There have been multiple strikes by health workers over recent years.
All emergencies are covered as are enough staff to look after patients in wards etc. It’s just all non emergency work is cancelled.
Every time the media and government claim there are unsafe staffing levels etc. When the staffing levels are at the current levels that happen every day or sometimes even better.