British hospitals are once again being disrupted by a strike. Medical trainees are on strike from Thursday morning, June 27, until July 2, to demand better pay.
With our correspondent in London, Emeline Vin
The trainees are demanding a 35% pay rise to compensate for the austerity of the 2010s. Sumi Manirajan is an obstetrician and representative of the BMA union that started the protest. A newly qualified doctor earns 15 books of the hour (about 18 euros), he explainsI graduated in 2021 and saw my classmates, the friends I studied with, leave the country to go to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, where they are paid adequately. Those who stay find themselves with even more work and are exhausted. »
keep the pressure on
This is the eleventh time Young doctors go on strike. in less than two years. Negotiations are not moving forward. This young psychiatrist feels “ Exhausted… We don't like to strike. Our colleagues are accommodating, but we know that it puts pressure on everyone. We would like to stop, but we feel that we have no other option. »
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