Kind of a kick in the nads if you’re paid less than jdocs both elsewhere in the UK, and in ROI.
Then the employer turns around and says that there is “no scope for a pay offer to be tabled for this year”.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A newly qualified doctor in Northern Ireland earns £26,000 per year; in England the starting rate is over £33,000, and in Scotland it is £32,000.
In England, junior doctors started six days of strike action at 07:00 GMT on Wednesday in their dispute over pay.
Dr Steven Montgomery, a paediatric junior doctor in the Southern Trust, called for “pay parity, better working conditions and to save the NHS”.
Dr Edwina Hegarty said “no-one will listen” to the concerns that junior doctors have about pay, leading to them leaving Northern Ireland “in their droves”.
Dr Montgomery, who works as a senior registrar at Craigavon Area Hospital, said Northern Ireland has lost too many doctors to other countries which means wards are struggling every day to meet demand, and not just at winter time.
On Friday the Royal College of Nursing announced it would be taking strike action, along with unions representing some other health sectors, on 18 January.
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