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The junior doctors operating on your appendix are paid just £66.55 between them. For a potentially life-saving procedure, which lasts about an hour. Is this a fair price to put on high quality healthcare? . #PayRestoration #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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Today it has been reported that during our first round of action in England mortality rate was 11.1% above the 5 year average. What they haven’t reported was that in Wales, where no strike action took place, mortality rate was 14% above the 5 year average. 1/3.
🔴 Junior doctors have been accused of putting “politics above patient safety” as figures showed excess deaths almost tripled after their strikes.
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We are saddened and disheartened by the postponement of the UK sitting of the RCOG Part 1 exam - due on Mon 19th Sep. Junior Doctors spend months dedicated to revising for these exams. Delays cause a significant mental toll, as well as potentially affecting training progression.
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We were pleased to speak to new health secretary @wesstreeting today to get the ball rolling on negotiating a solution to our dispute - and we have agreed meeting next week. As we have always been clear, only a credible offer, acceptable to our members, will do.
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Thanks to this Government, junior doctors can now make more money serving coffee than saving patients. From tomorrow we take #JuniorDoctorsStrike action so we’re paid what we’re worth.
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Junior doctors have voted YES to strike action in England. This is a giant step forward for junior doctors and #PayRestoration. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard for this. Keep an eye out for next steps. #BMADoctorsVoteYes
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This is a total misrepresentation of @BMA_JuniorDocs position👇. Junior Doctors have been trying to enter into serious negotiations for months. Only the Government has set preconditions. We are ready to negotiate when you are, @SteveBarclay .
We remain determined to find a settlement with the BMA junior doctors committee — like we’ve done with other unions. To prevent further strikes. To recognise junior doctors’ work in the NHS. This is our position 👇
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11-15 April will be the next round of Junior Doctors strike action in England. The Government is still refusing to make a credible offer - or any offer at all - to resolve our dispute. Read more:
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📢 STRIKE DAY ANNOUNCEMENT📢 . Our 72-hour strike action will begin on Monday 13th March and conclude on the morning of Thursday 16th March. It'll involve a full stoppage of work, including nights, on-call shifts and non-resident work. @RobLaurensonD4P #PayRestoration
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Our London rally is well underway - great to see so many supporters taking over Trafalgar Square 👏.#JuniorDoctorsStrike #PayRestoration
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Our UK junior doctors committee met yesterday and decided #EnoughIsEnough - we support @EIECampaign to end the cost of living crisis
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Once again, we've written to @SteveBarclay asking him to meet with us to discuss #PayRestoration for junior doctors. We hope he will take this opportunity to come to the table. @RobLaurensonD4P @_VivekTrivedi
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Speaking in the @HouseofCommons today @SteveBarclay recognised that ‘junior docs have been under significant pay & workforce pressure’ which is ‘why he wants to sit down with them’.An incredible act of double-speak as his lack of engagement with us so far indicates the opposite.
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Yesterday JDC co-chairs received a letter from the health secretary – in which he introduced a pre-condition to give up our negotiating position and call off strike action. Our response below makes it clear that without any credible offer next week’s strikes will continue.
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We won’t give up until junior doctors are fairly paid. On 13 July, we will stage a 5 day strike, the longest single walkout by doctors in the NHS’s history.
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BREAKING: Junior doctors in England have voted YES to further industrial action. 98% voted yes in our #DoctorsStrike ballot
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The government argument that higher public sector pay will bump up inflation was debunked by leading economist @MyStephanomics on @bbclaurak this morning. She says: ‘That’s not something economists tend to agree with’
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We’re demanding full pay restoration for junior doctors in England, after a historic real terms pay cut of 22.4%. If Govt fails to meet this we’ll begin preparations to ballot junior doctors in England for industrial action by early 2023 at the latest
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Tomorrow junior doctors across England will start round two of our strike action to restore our pay. Don't go to work, don't cross a picket line. Stick together, fight together, win together. See you on the picket lines! #JuniorDoctorsStrike #PayRestoration #JuniorDoctors
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Today, we announce a 3rd round of industrial action from 14 – 17 June. The Government’s 5% pay increase offer is an insult to junior doctors in England.
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We’ve written to @SteveBarclay to confirm next week’s strike is going ahead, after his last-minute letter. Read the full letter from .@RobLaurensonD4P @_VivekTrivedi #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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Just a reminder that we had a meeting today which @SteveBarclay failed to attend… . Without any credible negotiations we have no choice but to strike on Monday and continue our fight for #PayRestoration . #JuniorDoctorsStrike.
I’ve written to @BMA_JuniorDocs inviting them for formal pay talks on the same basis other health unions accepted, including calling off next week’s strike. Let’s have a constructive dialogue to make the NHS a better place to work and ensure we deliver the care patients need.
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79% of Juniors in England have no confidence that the Health Secretary can deliver a resolution to the ongoing dispute. We have therefore written to @RishiSunak to ask him to intervene and meet with us urgently to find a way through this. #DoctorsStrike.
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It’s sobering to see the no-expenses-spared approach in the executive suites @NHSBartsHealth. Meanwhile, executives cap locum rates, let doctors’ messes fall into disrepair, and claim that taking coffee on the wards is stealing patients’ supplies.
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The Government says we walked away from talks - but it was them who walked away. Ministers can’t even explain why they won’t talk to us while strikes are planned, like they did with barristers. Come back to the table with a credible offer and we can end this now.
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Four in ten junior doctors say they are ‘actively planning’ to leave the NHS as soon as they can find a new job – poor pay and conditions are cited as the main reasons. The NHS is on its knees: we can’t afford to lose them #PayRestoration #BMABallotReady.
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Day two - here we go! Don't forget to share your pictures and videos from wherever you're picketing today. Show your support for #PayRestoration #JuniorDoctorStrikes
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Junior doctors have no option left but to strike, as exhausted and burnt out colleagues leave in their droves and patient care suffers. Alessia Waller has spoken to @SkyNews on the realities we’re facing on the ground #PayRestoration
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“Junior doctors in England have faced a cumulative 26% pay cut since 2008 in real terms, we want to reverse those pay cuts to prevent staff leaving the NHS & to make sure we can provide the care that patients deserve.” @ERunswickBMA on @BBCBreakfast speaking for #PayRestoration
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Today, we have once again written to the Government restating our willingness to negotiate, either directly or with Acas, so we can start to hold meaningful discussions. We are as strong and united as ever, even after two rounds of strike action 💪 . Read the letter 👇
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Doctors, we pulled out all the stops to avert this round of strikes. We asked the health secretary to extend our strike mandate for four weeks so we could keep talking in good faith. But she declined, leaving us no choice but to announce a 5-day full walkout from 24-28 Feb.
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📢 STRIKE DATES ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Junior doctors in England to take further #PayRestoration industrial action. The first strike action will take place from 7am on 20 December to 7am on 23 December. The second will take place from 7am on 3 January until 7am on 9 January.
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Today junior doctors in England will begin round 2 of our strike action for #PayRestoration . Over the last 15 years, we’ve seen a real terms pay cut of over 26% - we’re fighting for that to be reversed👇. Stick together, fight together, win together.
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1,000s of junior doctors and supporters lined the streets of #Whitehall this afternoon. We will continue to stand and fight for full #PayRestoration . #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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‘A happy workforce is your responsibility. Staff aren’t happy. That’s your fault. That’s not good for patients.’. A junior doctor calls out prime minister @RishiSunak on @LBCNews this morning when he tried to blame record waiting lists on strikes, not on years of understaffing.
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"We're not asking for a pay rise, it's pay restoration to restore all those years of real term pay cuts.". Thanks to everyone who has taken part in this week's #DoctorsStrike. Here's some thoughts from the picket lines 👇
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As we move into 2023, the NHS faces ongoing strike action in pursuit of fair pay and conditions for staff. Our ballot of junior doctor members in England is looming, so we ask: where is the health secretary? . Play the game and see if you can find him, because we can’t.
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The Government has left us with no option but to strike. Today thousands of us went to Whitehall and made it clear: We are not backing down. #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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Junior doctors working for the NHS in England will take strike action for the 5th time from 7am, 11 August to 7am, 15 August. We continue to fight for #PayRestoration and continue to wait for the Government to return to the negotiating table.
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We will march, and we will shout, and we will strike until we’re heard. Full pay restoration now. #DoctorsStrike
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Dear Doctors. You may have seen a Times article which grossly misrepresents and at points is frankly untrue about our engagement with Health Secretary Steve Barclay. Please see below for details of events and an accompanying letter we sent to his office much earlier today (1/7)
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We can now announce that for the first time, junior doctors and consultants will be taking joint strike action in England. Here are the dates for September and October #DoctorsStrike
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We remain willing to have meaningful discussions about #PayRestoration with @SteveBarclay. However, he has still not brought a credible offer to the table. This is our message to him, ahead of our second round of strikes 👇
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JDC today voted to enter trade dispute on behalf of junior doctors in England with the Government over pay, recognising anger felt at years of damaging pay cuts, chronic staff shortages and persistent underfunding. A ballot for industrial action is planned for around January 9.
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“They either don’t understand the impact of continued pay erosion on morale and retention, or they do understand and they simply don’t care”. Co-chair @_VivekTrivedi speaking on @BBCBreakfast this morning about the government’s negotiating position. #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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"We're not going away. We're in it for the long run. So come to the table." Junior doctors in England speak out from the picket lines today 🗣️#JuniorDoctorsStrike #StickTogether #StrikeTogether #WinTogether
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Huge thanks to all of you standing up for fair pay on picket lines across England today. Stick together. Fight together. Win. #PayRestoration #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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BMA junior doctor members in England have voted by over 97% in favour of extending our mandate for industrial action, and to provide us with a mandate for action short of strike (ASOS). A huge thank you to all of those who voted. Read the full results 👇.
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Thank you to everyone who has come out today and supported the #JuniorDoctorStrikes and the rallies held in Oxford and Birmingham. See you all again tomorrow for day two! #PayRestoration .
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‘The public are with us, they feel the effects of the workforce crisis in the NHS.’. @TheDrMagazine reports on a growing sense of momentum as our second round of strike action begins. #JuniorDoctorsStrike #PayRestoration.
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Such an amazing day 3 with so many of you out striking, marching, singing and showing solidarity with our fellow unions! @NEUnion @pcs_union @NAHTnews @HCSANews @ucu @RMTunion @The_TUC #JuniorDoctorsStrike #PayRestoration
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This is an intentional attempt to try and mislead the public. Thanks to the efforts of our consultant and SAS colleagues to keep patients safe, there was no change in mortality trends during strike action. 3/3.
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We are aware that some trusts are suggesting they may refuse or cancel leave for doctors on nursing strike days. The BMA will absolutely not stand for trusts undermining our nursing colleagues. Challenge this via your LNC or regional reps and contact our team on 0300 123 1233.
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From 7am we strike again to show the Government that we will not stop until we achieve full #PayRestoration. Tag @BMA_JuniorDocs in all your posts and we'll keep sharing! 📸. Stick Together. Strike Together. Win Together. #DoctorsStrike
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Tomorrow 50,000 junior doctors in England will begin a historic strike to restore our pay. Don't go to work, don't cross a picket line. Stick together, fight together, win together. See you on the picket lines! #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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Tomorrow is the final day of strike action - your last chance to join a picket and make sure your voices are heard 📢. Let’s show the Government we won’t back down. Let’s make it the biggest and loudest day yet 🙌💪🗣. #PayRestoration .#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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The clock is ticking Mr Barclay. We are ready to get round the table, so make a credible offer to start negotiations and stop next week's strikes.
Yesterday JDC co-chairs received a letter from the health secretary – in which he introduced a pre-condition to give up our negotiating position and call off strike action. Our response below makes it clear that without any credible offer next week’s strikes will continue.
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We have agreed to talks with DHSC. We will be meeting with them next week and will listen to what they have to say.
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We strike again today. While workload and waiting lists are at record highs, doctors’ pay has been cut by more than a quarter since 2008. Enough is enough. The Government must come back to the table with a credible offer. #DoctorsStrike
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We've just had our second meeting with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. We are pleased to announce that formal negotiations will begin on Tuesday 23rd July. We have set an expectation that these will conclude by the time of our executive meeting on 16th August.
After a second constructive meeting, I am pleased to announce that we will enter formal negotiations with the BMA junior doctors’ committee on Tuesday. This is a crucial step forward, as we work to end this dispute and change the way junior doctors are treated in the NHS.
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We're still out on the picket lines today, fighting for #PayRestoration - Join us across the country as day three begins. #JuniorDoctorsStrike #CallUsBarclay
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The Government has left us with no option but to return to the picket lines. We'll see you there from 14 June
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We know all too well the frustration of patients waiting too long for care, junior doctors are facing these conversations every single day. We are not in this position because of strikes. It is due to persistent under-resourcing and under-valuing staff👇.
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“I don’t want to be on strike today, no doctor wants to be on strike today, but the Government are refusing to meet the BMA with a credible offer.”. Junior doctors on the picket lines this week explain why they are taking industrial action 👇. #PayRestoration #DoctorsStrike
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Despite @Telegraph claims their innumerate use of data doesn't show an increase due to strike action. They also claim the excess death rate in England had tripled compared to the 2 weeks before strikes. True, but in Wales it was the same – triple. Correlation is not causation 2/3.
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“All we’re asking for is fairness.” @_VivekTrivedi speaks to BBC Breakfast about why doctors are striking in England. [1/3]
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Junior doctors striking from Tuesday; you won't be acting alone. Plan to be on the picket lines with your colleagues on Tuesday - find your local event in England 👉 #JuniorDoctorsStrike #PayRestoration
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Despite today’s wildly inflated figures from @SteveBarclay the full cost of paying junior doctors what they’re worth is just £1bn - a quarter of what the Government wasted on unusable PPE. Full costings: #PayRestoration #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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On picket lines across England, junior doctors are today standing up for fair pay and the future of our profession. #DoctorsStrike. Watch @ERunswickBMA explain why 👇
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Junior doctors, let's make sure full pay restoration stays front and centre during this election. We strike again with a 5 day full walkout from 7am on 27 June to 7am on 2 July. Let's make this round of action our biggest and loudest yet! #DoctorsStrike
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Together we can achieve #PayRestoration. Here's what junior doctors had to say from the picket lines today 📣👇
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Outrageous that 84 junior doctors at @UHSussex are STILL waiting for their full August pay, now over a week late. Doctors are desperate, can’t pay bills, and some are being bailed out by charities. Who will want to work here if they don’t get paid in full and on time?.
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Stick together. Strike together. Win together. Watch @_VivekTrivedi at our #PayRestoration rally 🔥🔥👇
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Our JDC co-chairs have again written to @SteveBarclay requesting a meeting to discuss how we secure full #payrestoration for junior doctors in England. We look forward to speaking with him next week. Read the letter below 👇
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Day three is here - our final day of strike action across England . See you on the picket line 🪧📢💪. Keep sharing your photos on #JuniorDoctorsStrike .#PayRestoration
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Our message cannot be any clearer to Government from #DayOne and #DayTwo of the #JuniorDoctorsStrikes. Thank you to all those who joined the London rally yesterday calling for #PayRestoration. We stand together. We fight together. We will win together.
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Solidarity to all the junior doctors striking across England from today. We won't back down until doctors are paid what they're worth. #DoctorsStrike
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We are extremely disappointed @AoMRC has excluded @TheBMA from a meeting to discuss MAPs and doctors in training despite the inclusion of other key stakeholders including @NHSEngland, @gmcuk and ATDC. [1/3].
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"Junior doctors are out here in full force.". Watch doctors on the picket lines explain why we're not backing down. #DoctorsStrike
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At last week’s meeting with @SteveBarclay we learnt that he had no official mandate to negotiate with us. Everyone must now know that the Gov are wilfully allowing these strikes to happen. Read our letter to @RishiSunak today urging him to come to the negotiating table 👇
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From 7am we strike again to show the Government that we will not stop until we achieve full #PayRestoration. #DoctorsStrike
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For those asking, we fully support @pret for giving its work force successive pay rises. We are just asking for the same treatment for doctors.
Full page in @guardian today. Let’s spread the word about #PayRestoration for Junior Doctors . #DayTwo #JuniorDoctorsStrike
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That’s a wrap on round 5 of #DoctorsStrike for #PayRestoration. We brought a sea of orange to Sunak’s front door, we welcomed our newest colleagues to the picket lines, and we’ve made it clear we’re not going anywhere. Return your ballot so we can strike for as long as it takes!
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We’ve had our pay cut by 26.1% since 2008. @MikeSGreenhalgh on why Junior Doctors in England will strike next week - unless the Government puts a credible offer on the table.
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Welcome to day 4 of this round of the #DoctorsStrike. We are not backing down until we're paid what we're worth.
Great once again here @SheffieldHosp representing South Yorkshire @TheBMA @BMA_JuniorDocs @BMAYorkshireJDC #JuniorDoctorStrike
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Let’s go junior doctors!. Come join us on your local picket line - #JuniorDoctorsStrike.
Good morning, I’ll be live from a picket line in Oxford talking to junior doctors about why they’re taking part in a three day strike. More on @BBCBreakfast and @BBCNews .#bma #juniordoctorsstrike #nhs
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Doctors, keep going 💪. This is the tenth round of junior #DoctorsStrike action in England and we will continue until we receive a credible offer on the table. When we stick together and strike together, we will win together.
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Day one of our longest #JuniorDoctorsStrike in England has arrived! This morning (8-10am) we're asking for as much support as possible on the picket lines before taking a well earned rest. Please keep sharing all of your pictures and posts! #PayRestoration
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This week has once again demonstrated the determination and unity of junior doctors. Together we will win. #PayRestoration
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Our letter sent today to @RishiSunak to try and work out why @SteveBarclay insists he has no mandate to offer a credible deal. We continue to be willing to engage in meaningful talks with the Government at any time including up until our planned strike action.
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This week has once again demonstrated the determination and unity of junior doctors. We continue our strike action until 7am on Tuesday. Together we will win. #PayRestoration #DoctorsStrike
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Just days before our 72-hour strike, it's incredibly disappointing to hear @SteveBarclay admit he hasn't got the authority or the green light from Rishi Sunak to negotiate with us. Full statement: #PayRestoration
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.@VictoriaAtkins asks if our members support strike action. The answer is clear. ✅ 98% voted YES to strike action in February.📢 98% voted YES in August.📈 14,000 more junior doctors joined us in that time. We are united, and we’re not giving in
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Our next #DoctorsStrike action in England starts tomorrow at 7am. Junior doctors should not attend any shifts starting after 6.59am tomorrow up until shifts starting after 6.59am on Tuesday. Read the full guidance 👇.
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An INCREDIBLE 98% of members who voted in our ballot have voted YES to strike action. Preparations for a 72-hour full walkout are now under way. We'll see you there. #BMADoctorsVoteYes.
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‘Stick with your union, stick together, and we can win this campaign’ . Great to have the support of @RMTUnion Mick Lynch at our rally on Saturday. Watch his message to junior doctors, and make sure you vote yes for #PayRestoration #EnoughIsEnough #BMADoctorsVoteYes
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At no stage has the Government offered junior doctors in England the deal accepted by our members in Scotland. This claim is totally false. 1/2.
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"We'd much rather be at work but the fact of the matter is, with year-on-year pay cuts, the Government's just driving doctors away.". BMA junior doctor co-chair @RobLaurensonD4P talks about the need for strike action in the face of years of pay erosion for doctors.
'With year on year pay cuts the government is just driving doctors away.'. Dr Rob Laurenson, who is a member of the BMA Junior Doctor committee, talks about the reasons junior doctors have decided to go on a 6 day strike.
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