UK health service in crisis, doctors' strike likely in Spring
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The situation in the UK health service is deteriorating owing to a lack of financing and NHS' "desperate state" following years of government neglect.
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UK health service is in crisis and a doctors' strike appears likely in Spring.
The situation in the UK health service is deteriorating owing to a lack of financing, and a doctors' strike is probable next spring, according to Prof. Philip Banfield, council chair of the British Medical Association (BMA).
According to Banfield, UK doctors are dissatisfied with the government's neglect of the NHS, the country's national healthcare system. Doctors want a 30% pay boost over the next five years to bring their earnings up to where they were before the 2008 financial crisis; nevertheless, this idea has been scrutinized and condemned by legislators.
"Doctors are angry, frustrated, and feeling undervalued. There is very, very serious discontent [about pay]. After 14 years are doctors worth 30% less? No. I mean, if anything they are worth 30% more," Banfield was quoted as saying by the news outlet.
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Junior doctors, who are most likely to strike, want the pay increase now, not in five years, according to Banfield.
Medics will investigate all conceivable measures of pressing politicians before organizing walkouts to ensure that the NHS operates regularly for as long as possible, but this cannot last forever, according to the BMA chair.
The chair of the BMA stated that physicians' strikes were essentially unavoidable and would most likely occur next spring.
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Ministers are set to announce a pay award for all UK NHS personnel in the coming days, after health unions asked that doctors receive at least a wage boost that meets inflation, which is presently 9.1%, according to the article.
According to the publication, the UK government is currently working with independent pay review agencies in order to determine a fair pay package for all health personnel.
