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BMA Consultants

27 days

After months of unprecedented industrial action and campaigning, months of negotiations, and weeks of voting by BMA members, today we can announce that the latest Government offer on pay and DDRB reform for consultants in England has been accepted.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

This morning on @bbcr4today the Health Secretary @SteveBarclay said Consultants get a "tax-free pension of £73,000 a year" when they retire. This is categorically not true, and we expect him to issue an urgent correction. Here's why 🧵 (1/5)

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Consultants in England have voted a resounding YES to taking industrial action this July. ✅Turnout: 71.08% ✅Yes votes: 20,741 – 86.08% Together we can #FixConsultantPay now and for the future. Read more:

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

This is further misinformation from the Secretary of State, who seems intent on misrepresenting the facts (or doesn’t know them) – and we expect him to issue an urgent correction. @SteveBarclay (5/5)

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

This morning we have written to the Health Secretary calling on him to meet with us, after only meeting with us once in the last 7 months. We remain willing to talk, it's not too late to properly negotiate. #FixConsultantPay

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

Doctors pay income tax on pension benefits in the same way as everyone else. Many doctors will also have already paid additional annual allowance tax on their pension growth before this. (2/5)

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@BMA_Consultants

9 months

Mr Barclay also fails to mention that doctors have to pay a higher proportion of their wages towards their pensions than other NHS staff, with no corresponding increase in benefits. (4/5)

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

The value of pensions is also highly individual and it's misleading to suggest this is what Consultants would typically expect to receive. (3/5)

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

DDRB's 6% is an insult to the profession and underscores why 86% of our consultant members in England voted to strike. We'll share picket locations in the coming days, so get ready for your #ConsultantStrike on July 20 & 21. We want to see you fighting to #FixConsultantPay .

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

7 months

Another day, another Government minister grossly misleading the public on doctors pay. @Jeremy_Hunt told #r4today that doctors received an above-inflation pay award. But RPI was 11.4% in April. The pay award was 6%. Something doesn’t add up.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Consultants are not worth a third less than we were 15 years ago. @thomasdolphin speaks to Sky News on why we’re taking industrial action next month. #FixConsultantPay

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Consultant pay has fallen by 35%, and we’re leaving the NHS in droves. Watch @thomasdolphin explain why we’re on strike in England today 👇👇👇 #ConsultantStrike

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

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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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

We have written to the Health Secretary outlining our successful ballot result. We have made clear that the Government can avert strike action with a credible offer that addresses our decline in pay. Read more about how we plan to #FixConsultantPay :

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

The BMA is clear that NHS consultants planning to strike should not schedule any other work, including in private practice, when they are taking part in industrial action.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

3 months

BMA consultant members in England have voted 51% against the offer in the pay referendum. The result demonstrates that consultants still have considerable concerns about the offer. Read the full results and next steps 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

5 months

Consultants in England have voted YES ✅in favour of continuing industrial action should the need arise. It’s important that consultants now vote in the referendum on the new Government pay offer. See the results of the re-ballot and the pay offer 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

More than 60% of our consultant members in England took part in our recent consultative ballot for strike action. A resounding 86% of you voted to fix pay, fix pension and fix the pay review process. Find out more and watch the video from @Vish_Sharm 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Solidarity to workers standing up for fair pay around the country and across professions. Mick Lynch @RMTunion addressed Consultants today on the need to stand together #ConsultantStrike

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

7 months

We’ve written to @RishiSunak to offer his Government the opportunity to end the pay dispute with consultants in England, by attending talks facilitated by the conciliation service ACAS. #FixConsultantPay

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

Read BMA Consultants Committee Chair @Vish_Sharm 's letter to @RishiSunak on reaching an agreement to end the pay dispute. You can also read our full press statement here:

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

Government refuses to engage with us on meaningful solutions to pay, pensions and the DDRB, and instead is walking blindly into one of the biggest staffing crises the NHS has ever seen. Our consultative ballot on consultant strike action opens 10 February

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

From next month we will stand with @BMA_juniordocs in England to take joint strike action for the first time. Here's why 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

7 months

We recently wrote to Government indicating that we would delay further strike dates to allow them to commit to talks and present us with a credible offer that we could put to our members. We have now received a reply from Government indicating they are prepared to enter talks.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

Today we're informing members of additional strike dates on 19 and 20 September, for Consultants in England. These will follow our next #ConsultantStrike on 24-25 August.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

The Government is hoping Consultants will back down. We won’t. Watch @Vish_Sharm address our rally today 👇👇👇 #ConsultantStrike

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

In his attempts to undermine consultants in our fight for fair pay, @SteveBarclay has made misleading claims on doctors’ pensions. 🧵(1/4)

Steve Barclay wrong to say NHS consultants get tax-free pensions, admits UK government

Health secretary made the false claim while trying to defend opposition to junior doctors’ pay demands

www.theguardian.com

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

Tomorrow we begin our second round of strike action in England. We’re doing this for the future of the medical profession, and the NHS. Find your local picket line and show your support: #ConsultantStrike

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

3 months

More than 60% of consultants are members of the BMA. Please correct this.

Health and Social Care Committee

@CommonsHealth

3 months

The rejection of the government’s pay offer by consultants is extremely frustrating. Barely more than half of the 40% of consultants who are members of the BMA voted for this but it’s patients who will pay the price as usual. We urgently need both sides round the table. [SB]

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

The government's below inflation pay award is another real terms pay cut, @trentconsultant explains on @GMB this morning. As a second two-day strike begins, he calls for talks with @SteveBarclay (who hasn't met with consultants for 150 days) in order to #FixConsultantPay

Good Morning Britain

@GMB

8 months

'There will be disruption today something the BMA say is unavoidable as the offer their staff has received is insulting'. Consultants in England strike for 48 hours amid the pay row between medics and the Government.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

“If anything it is a rallying cry.” @Vish_Sharm tells @Telegraph how consultants are feeling in response to the government's 6% pay offer.

Dr Vishal Sharma: ‘Unless things change, I am not sure how long the NHS can go on’

The chair of the consultants’ committee at the BMA and cardiologist explains why his members have no other option than to strike

www.telegraph.co.uk

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

Consultants in England will not back down until the Government agrees to #FixConsultantPay . Here's what our members on the picket lines had to say this week 👇📢👏

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

Time to get serious @SteveBarclay . #FixConsultantPay

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@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Today we begin the #ConsultantStrike in England. @Vish_Sharm has spoken to BBC Breakfast on why the Government must come to the table now

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@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Thanks to our NHS Consultants across England who have turned up to picket lines in droves to ask @SteveBarclay to come to the table and negotiate with us to #FixConsultantPay .

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

The Government has now committed to enter talks about restoring consultants’ pay, and reforming the DDRB. We’ve extended our deadline to allow it to come up with something meaningful – if it doesn’t we will ballot on 15 May. Read more👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

The Government has left us with no option but to call a joint strike with our junior doctor colleagues in England. It must now come to the table and present us with a credible offer.

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

8 months

Junior doctors and consultants have seen our pay drop by over a third in the past 15 years. It’s good to see Labour’s @wesstreeting join our calls for the Government to negotiate with us

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

The ballot for industrial action is now open for consultants in England. We encourage you to vote Yes to #FixConsultantPay . Learn more:

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Here is a selection of photos you've shared with us from picket lines, @BMA_Consultants . We thank you for putting yourselves out there in the fight to #FixConsultantPay , today and for the future.🗣️📢👏

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

The next round of #ConsultantStrike in England is from 7am 24 August - 7am 26 August. We continue to seek talks with Government even though they want you to believe their mind is made up. They need us much more than we need them so we'll continue to fight to #FixConsultantPay

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

6 months

Re-ballot of consultants in England is now open. Eligible members will receive their ballot papers this week. Vote YES ❌ again to fix consultant pay now and for the future before midday on 18 December.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

🗓️📢New strike dates announced! 📢🗓️ In October we will strike for three days, the longest so far, between 2-4 October. This follows our August strikes today and tomorrow. And strikes on 19-20 September. #ConsultantStrike

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Consultants stand together for fair pay and the future of our profession. We are united, and we cannot and will not fail. #ConsultantStrike

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

2 years

Our rate card for consultants has kicked off some discussion in the Times letter pages. Take a look at the rate card here:

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

2 months

Consultants in England📣 Following weeks of extensive negotiations, we now have a new pay offer from government. The decision is yours to accept or reject the new offer. A new referendum will run from 14 March - 3 April. Find out more 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

@Vish_Sharm sends a message to consultants about the ballot result. Watch here 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Consultants give @Vish_Sharm a standing ovation at the Fix Consultant Pay rally @BMAHouse in London today.

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@BMA_Consultants

8 months

“Doctors are having to strike with their backs against the wall,” Dr Indeewar Kapila tells ⁦ @BBCBreakfast ⁩ this morning. They have support from patients, including Carol Hedges, who told the programme the government must pay doctors “what they’re worth”

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

"In my 25 years in the NHS, I have never seen consultants more demoralised, frustrated and in despair over this government's refusal to support the NHS workforce and the patients they serve." @Vish_Sharm in @BBCNews Read the full story 👇

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

1 year

NHS consultants ready to strike, warns British Medical Association

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

We are stronger together. Make sure you join us on the picket lines for our next round of #ConsultantStrike in England from 7am 24 August to 7am 26 August. Help us send a strong message to Government that we wont back down until they agree to talk to us. #FixConsultantPay .

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

3 years

‘To be offered 1% and to have our pay eroded by 30% over the years is just galling’ @trentconsultant spoke to @BBCNews this evening on our calls for #FairnessForTheFrontline

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

11 months

Although the ballot remains open until 27 June we want to give our members enough notice to minimise any impact on urgent care. IF industrial action is announced, the first round of action is planned for 20 and 21 July 2023.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

‘Despite repeatedly outlining our concerns to Government, ministers have been unwilling to act’ In the face of this inaction, we will hold a consultative ballot of our consultant members to assess whether they would consider taking industrial action

Senior NHS doctors in England considering strike action over pensions and pay | ITV News

The BMA said the average consultant has experienced a real-terms pay cut of nearly 35% and thousands face 'large additional tax bills on their pensions'. | ITV National News

www.itv.com

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

We're on day two of #Consultantstrikes and we want to see as many of you as possible out on your picket lines. Share your day with us and help support the fight to #FixConsultantPay

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

It has been seven months since we first told @SteveBarclay consultants were on a course towards industrial action. He hasn't even met with us since our overwhelming ballot in favour of industrial action. @SteveBarclay says his door is open, but not to avert strike action.

Wes Streeting MP

@wesstreeting

10 months

In fact, the Health Secretary hasn’t met the Consultants since their strike ballot result and hasn’t replied to @TheBMA ’s letter. In the face of the worst NHS strikes in history, the Health Secretary has been asleep at the wheel and the Prime Minister is nowhere to be seen.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

“If we don’t do something, we are going to lose a lot of doctors,” BMA CC chair @Vish_Sharm tells Sunday’s Observer, warning of a ‘tipping point’ for the NHS if the Gov won’t engage in meaningful discussions.

NHS consultants warn of further strikes and ‘tipping point’ unless government enters talks

BMA committee chair says he fears pay erosion is creating risk of a two-tier health service similar to dentistry

www.theguardian.com

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@BMA_Consultants

8 months

Once again @SteveBarclay repeated the claim that consultants receive an annual pension of £78,000 – despite NHS BSA data showing that retired consultants receive on average 40% less. Listen to the clip on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme 🧵1/🎧

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

Government interference in the DDRB has left the 'independent' body unfit for purpose. Our new report calls for urgent reform to restore it to its original purpose, autonomy, and authority’ Watch the explainer from @trentconsultant and read the report:

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Please can BMA consultants suggest some additions? #FixConsultantPay #NoMorePayCuts

Department of Health and Social Care

@DHSCgovuk

10 months

⬆️ Consultants will get a pay rise of 6% meaning their full-time equivalent basic pay will go up by around £6,300 on average. This is a fair and reasonable increase as recommended by the independent pay review bodies. Full details below 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

The critical shortage of NHS staff makes the Government’s seven-day plan unworkable. It would not increase the number of patients being treated but would simply reduce the number of staff available during the week

Gaurav Gupta

@drguptagaurav

1 year

What kind of evil people want to protect their ‘work-life balance’? Completely unacceptable. The beatings will continue until morale improves! @BMA_GP @BMA_Consultants @BMA_JuniorDocs @TheBMA @BMAwellbeing

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

7 months

This week, consultants have shown that now more than ever, we will not be silenced. The Government can play whatever games they like, but we will continue, stronger than ever, to #FixConsultantPay . Thoughts from the first joint action picket lines this week 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

7 months

Our invitation to talks facilitated by ACAS is our latest attempt to meet @RishiSunak at the negotiating table to end the pay dispute with consultants in England. @RishiSunak will you finally meet with us about pay?

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

2 years

Our latest survey shows a staggering 44% of consultants in England plan to leave, or take a break from working in the NHS next year. A big factor is the disincentive of punitive pension tax as @ShanuDatta4 explained to @KayBurley this morning

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

Thank you to all who joined the #ConsultantStrike last week and to those who provided important patient care cover. Unless we see a breakthrough soon, we'll need to stand and strike together again to bring Government back to the table. Our next strike dates are🗓️24 & 25 August.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

None of us ever thought we’d be on picket lines, but the Government's refusal to negotiate and #FixConsultantPay has left us with no choice. Join us on the picket lines in England, starting on Thursday. #ConsultantStrike

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

“We are making life and death decisions literally every day.” Watch @Vish_Sharm speak to @BBCBreakfast about the difficult decision to take industrial action. 🧵1/5

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

✅Fix pay ✅Fix pensions ✅Fix the pay review body Our consultative ballot is now open: eligible BMA consultant members in England will receive a link via email. Have your say by the 27th February. More info 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

“We really fear that, unless things change, we won’t have anywhere enough doctors to provide the care patients need” @Vish_Sharm explains to @BBCBreakfast that continued pay erosion has led to 10,000 doctor vacancies and the knock-on effect of long waiting lists.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

Today's the day! The next round of consultant industrial action has begun this morning across England. Please share with us @BMA_Consultants all that's happening on your picket lines so we can spread the message far and wide that we're fighting to #FixConsultantPay !

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

Very clear explainer of the crucial context of calls to #FixConsultantPay from ⁦ @trentconsultant ⁩ on ⁦ @TimesRadio ⁩ “It’s not about one year” and goes back to the 2008 financial crash, since when government has “kept tightening the belt” for doctors, but not others

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

7 months

The government has until 3 November to present us with a credible offer but if they fail to do so, we will not only announce further dates for industrial action but on 6 November will open a re-ballot to ensure we can continue taking industrial action going forward.

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@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Ministers ‘haven’t really spoken to us’. @Vish_Sharm on @BBCr4today this morning discussing consultants’ disappointment with @RishiSunak ’s 6% pay offer being imposed with no talks. Industrial action remains scheduled for this week.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

It’s day 2 of industrial action in England. Keep sharing your picket line photos with the #ConsultantStrike hashtag

BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Here is a selection of photos you've shared with us from picket lines, @BMA_Consultants . We thank you for putting yourselves out there in the fight to #FixConsultantPay , today and for the future.🗣️📢👏

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

2 years

Today’s pay cut is the clearest sign yet that Government doesn’t value NHS consultants. We must start to address this pay loss directly using tools at our disposal. We will be writing to consultants to seek views on next steps. Statement from @Vish_Sharm

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

We’re left with no option but to ballot our members in England for strike action. The door remains open for the Government to avert strikes by coming back to the table with a reasonable offer to #FixConsultantPay . @Vish_Sharm speaks to BBC Breakfast 👇

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@BMA_Consultants

9 months

Make sure you're all set for the next round of #ConsultantStrike action happening in England from 7am 24 August to 7am 26 August. We also have a further round planned for 19 and 20 September 📅

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@BMA_Consultants

8 months

“It’s very important that we recognise their value” A patient interviewed on @5_News who is waiting for an operation explains why she supports the consultants’ strike

Channel 5 News

@5_News

8 months

Senior NHS doctors have started another 48-hour walkout in response to the bitter row over pay. 5 News' Heath Correspondent @Catherine5news has been finding out if the deadlock's set to be resolved soon. #5News

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@BMA_Consultants

7 months

From 7am tomorrow until 7am on Thursday 5 October, consultants and junior doctors in England will take joint strike action to fight to #FixConsultantPay , providing Christmas Day levels of staffing only. Find out what this means in practice ⬇️

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

5 months

A new pay offer is now on the table for consultants in England. Find out more about the offer and what comes next:

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@BMA_Consultants

2 years

Consultants deserve fair pay for non-contractual work. So we've produced rate cards to help you consider the value of your work. #FairnessForTheFrontline

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@BMA_Consultants

8 months

“What we’ve asked for is simply about fairness” @Vish_Sharm explains to @GMB this morning that fixing the so-called independent pay review body is the key ask for consultants so they can “claw back what has been lost”. Consultants have seen pay fall by 35% since 2008/9.

Good Morning Britain

@GMB

8 months

'Starting salaries for consultants in Ireland and in Australia can be twice that of the starting salaries in the UK' Chair of BMA consultants committee, Dr Vishal Sharma, explains why NHS consultants are on strike today.

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@BMA_Consultants

4 months

Consultants in England 📢📢📢 It's time to VOTE in our referendum on the Government pay offer. Vote online using the links you've been sent by email.

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@BMA_Consultants

8 months

We strike again from 7am tomorrow. Please do not work unless you are agreed Xmas Day cover. Join a picket to fix pay & for the future NHS.

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@BMA_Consultants

6 years

This week @BMAJuniorDocs launched a major report into medical rota gaps, highlighting the impact they have on doctors and patients. In this clip from our short film, consultant @drrobgalloway explains how @BSUH_NHS is leading the way in rota design for the benefit of all involved

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

9 months

Today we’ve also written to @SteveBarclay asking him to start taking this pay dispute seriously. It's time for him to meet with us to discuss pay and try to avert future strikes. #FixConsultantPay

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

7 months

It’s up to the Government to come to the negotiating table and end its dispute with Consultants. Watch @Vish_Sharm on our latest letter to the PM

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

8 months

We'll not back down in our fight for fair pay. In two days' time, Consultants in England will once again show our resolve and take to the picket lines. See you there. #ConsultantStrike

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

Unfortunately, some trusts will insist on elective work during the consultant strike action. Should any elective activity go ahead, clear arrangements must be in place which detail the support services that are available, and how they will be provided:

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

We are waiting for the Government to come speak to us and make an agreement to #FixConsultantPay . @smileywalshey speaks to Sky News on the #ConsultantStrike

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@BMA_Consultants

3 years

We’re demanding a fair pay rise for tens of thousands of highly skilled hospital doctors in the #NHS . Use our template letter to write to your MP and tell them that you’re supporting our calls for #FairnessForTheFrontline

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

7 months

Our next joint strike action with @BMA_JuniorDocs in England is NEXT WEEK. Both consultants and junior doctors will be providing Christmas Day levels of staffing only, from 7am on 2 October to 7am on 5 October. Latest guidance 👇

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

3 months

The referendum on the Government pay offer for consultants in England has now closed. The BMA consultant committee remains committed to pay restoration and the result is now being verified and then considered by them to inform next steps. #FixConsultantPay

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@BMA_Consultants

7 months

From 7am we once again stand shoulder to shoulder with @BMA_juniorDocs for joint industrial action. This means striking with Christmas Day cover to ensure the lowest safe level of staffing is in place. Read our guidance on this here: #FixConsultantPay

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@BMA_Consultants

2 years

As 44% of consultants tell us they are looking to leave the NHS in some capacity next year, @Vish_Sharm has written to the Health Secretary to outline our immediate priorities - including an end to the punitive pension tax rules driving senior doctors from the workforce.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

On February 10th we will conduct a consultative ballot of consultant members in England, to determine whether they would be prepared to take future industrial action This is not a legal ballot for IA, but it represents a significant escalation towards it.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

3 months

“We want to resolve the dispute and get back to doing what we like doing, which is looking after patients.” @thomasdolphin speaks to @BBCBreakfast about the consultant referendum in England. [1/2]

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

1 year

“We absolutely want to make sure patients are safe. We will not be in a position where consultants withdraw from emergency services. That would be unsafe” [1/2] @Vish_Sharm chair of @BMA_Consultants in today’s print edition of @thetimes

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

10 months

“Three of my consultant colleagues have decided to move and work in Australia or New Zealand. And those are people that have families.” @smileywalshey , BMA CC deputy chair, spoke to @guardian about the exodus of sr NHS docs to foreign healthcare systems.

NHS faces exodus of doctors and surgeons to foreign healthcare systems

Exclusive: Rising numbers of consultants are opting for a new life abroad, where they can double their salaries

www.theguardian.com

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

6 months

Consultants in England, vote YES ❌ again to fix consultant pay now and in the future. We need at least 50% turnout to win the re-ballot, so your vote really does count. 📩 Vote YES to #FixPay and drop your ballot in the post today.

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BMA Consultants

@BMA_Consultants

5 years

‘It’s costing me £50,000 to come to work in my first year as chief executive’ - @UHBTrust ’s Dr David Rosser warns that punitive pension tax could see his trust losing the equivalent of 60 consultants as the problem continues to escalate ‘daily and weekly’

NHS boss: Tax bills could mean 'loss of 60 doctors'

Doctors' refusal to work overtime is the issue, its chief executive warns.

www.bbc.co.uk

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