But Health Secretary Steve Barclay has called the request "completely unaffordable". It’s key to keep the doctors in our NHS.Ī reminder that junior doctors are asking for a 35% pay rise to cover the cut in their pay by 26% since 2008 once inflation is taken into account. “So the pay restoration is a key factor in this fight. “As someone who was born and brought up in the UK, it’s really sad to see the NHS in this state." The junior doctor says many of her colleagues are leaving the UK for better paid jobs in Australia, the US or New Zealand. “It’s the constant pressure which is really draining on the front line.” “For a lot of my shifts I don’t go home on time, and it’s purely because there’s an 82-year-old patient who has been in the A&E waiting room for 10 hours so I’m thinking, what can I do to help?” One doctor who works in A&E at a London hospital tells us she’s striking because she wants to see an end to the “dangerous” rota gaps which she says leave only two or three doctors to cover a busy hospital with about 15 wards. We’ve been hearing from junior doctors who are taking part in their final day of strike action today. The union's higher education committee will meet on Friday to UCU says strikes scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, and next weekĪre still scheduled as they consult members about the progress that’s been made.
Unions have previously said that offer is a real-terms "pay What they called a final 2023-24 pay offer worth between 5% and 8%, at the end On pay, no new offer has been made since employers made But exactly how the scheme willīe improved for members under the new offer is not yet clear. UK, on behalf of USS Employers, says the financial improvement of the scheme in Increased and future benefits were reduced, which the UCU wasn’t happy with. On pensions, it is hoped the new offer will pave the wayįor the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to be restored by August 2024.Ĭhanges had been introduced to that pension scheme which meant contributions
To try to end involuntary zero-hour contracts and tackle other casualisedĬontracts, reduce workloads and close equality pay gaps. On conditions, the UCU says a new offer has been agreed Universities UK have agreed to put forward a set of proposals on pay, conditions and pensions - all of which they've been in dispute over with the University and College Union (UCU).įinally agreed to put forward a set of proposals on pay, conditions and "breakthrough" in the dispute between striking university staff and We've been working through the detail on the
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