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Some 78% of doctors willing to strike over pay, survey suggests
19.08.2022 - 07:23 / dailyrecord.co.uk
More than three-quarters of doctors who took part in a recent survey have said they are prepared to strike in a pay dispute. The study, undertaken by BMA Scotland, spoke to 3,100 medics north of the border between July 20 and August 5 after a 4.5% offer was rejected.
Of those asked, 78% said they would be willing to take part in strike action to deliver a better pay award. Elsewhere, 90% said the offer was too low, while 88% said they feel their contribution to the NHS was not reflected in the offer, and 58% said they are more likely to leave the NHS.
BMA Scotland chairman Lewis Morrison said the results show the level of “dissatisfaction, disillusionment and indeed outright anger” doctors are feeling. Dr Morrison added: “It puts the Scottish Government on warning that the status quo for doctors in Scotland is no longer acceptable and in truth hasn’t been for some time.
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“This survey was about this year’s pay uplift, which in itself was completely unacceptable and amounted to a massive real terms pay cut. But it’s important to remember the wider context - where doctors have suffered years of pay erosion and are bearing the brunt of trying to care for patients in an NHS that is basically collapsing around them."
The chairman, who will leave the post at the end of this month, said he and his successor Iain Kennedy have written to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf to arrange an “urgent meeting”. Dr Morrison added: “While that is ongoing, members on the committees that represent each individual separate branch of practice - so that is junior doctors, consultants, GPs, and staff and specialist doctors - will be considering and discussing the implications
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