NHS National Medical Director Professor Sir Stephen Powis said: “Staff and services continue to be under significant pressure as the NHS deals with the impact of industrial action and an already busy winter period, and they are working extremely hard to prioritise life-saving care.

"As ever, we are grateful to the public for using services wisely at this time. If it’s a life-threatening emergency, please use 999 and A&E as normal. For everything else,111 Online and community services like GPs and pharmacies are open as usual for help and advice.”

Editor: The latest junior doctors walkout began at 7am on Saturday and will stretch until 11.59pm on Wednesday.

At least they seem to be enjoying their little party whilst the sick and infirm get shunted further down the queue - utterly despicable!

Originally Posted by gazaprop

At least they seem to be enjoying their little party whilst the sick and infirm get shunted further down the queue - utterly despicable!

So your quite happy that they are paid peanuts for saving peoples lives. No wonder doctors are leaving the NHS in their droves.

Can only pay what we can afford. They are not a special case.

Originally Posted by onehorsetown2

So your quite happy that they are paid peanuts for saving peoples lives. No wonder doctors are leaving the NHS in their droves.

Could you link to the peanuts rate?

The Doctors I know are certainly not poorly paid, most complain of p*ss poor systems and management as being their biggest bugbear.

It's certainly true their salaries roll up as they move on through their careers and into retirement but they certainly aren't struggling.

As to Doctors quitting in droves please link to some actual numbers, Labour is not promising much on pay to them without radical reform.


From the GMC;

The report found that the number of licensed doctors increased in 2022, with 23,838 joining and 11,319 leaving.

Originally Posted by onehorsetown2

So your quite happy that they are paid peanuts for saving peoples lives. No wonder doctors are leaving the NHS in their droves.

Please do show me where I even hinted at such an obviously silly statement.

In the first instance, they are most certainly not paid peanuts. Secondly, they knew the deal when they started out and third, they are merely dancing (as pictured) to the tune of their deluded Union.

What would make me happy is for them to stop having a jolly old time waving banners and blowing whistles in front of hospitals.
They could then send me into delirium by getting back to work and do the job they signed up to do and that we pay them for.

There's probably 50,000 east Europeans who'd love to come and work in our NHS
Plus 500,000 from Asia
I don't see any problem.

Originally Posted by local

Could you link to the peanuts rate?

The Doctors I know are certainly not poorly paid, most complain of p*ss poor systems and management as being their biggest bugbear.

It's certainly true their salaries roll up as they move on through their careers and into retirement but they certainly aren't struggling.

As to Doctors quitting in droves please link to some actual numbers, Labour is not promising much on pay to them without radical reform.


From the GMC;

The report found that the number of licensed doctors increased in 2022, with 23,838 joining and 11,319 leaving.

£32,000 is not the massive salary that you seem to believe considering the years of training and long house they work.

Originally Posted by local

Could you link to the peanuts rate?

The Doctors I know are certainly not poorly paid, most complain of p*ss poor systems and management as being their biggest bugbear.

It's certainly true their salaries roll up as they move on through their careers and into retirement but they certainly aren't struggling.

As to Doctors quitting in droves please link to some actual numbers, Labour is not promising much on pay to them without radical reform.


From the GMC;

The report found that the number of licensed doctors increased in 2022, with 23,838 joining and 11,319 leaving.

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org...20and%20nurses.