, join the action, join the fight for fairness' A Conservative source said: 'This once again seems like the leadership of the BMA are more interested in playing politics than in delivering for patients – trying to pack in new members at bargain basement price. "This week the government announced a pay rise of over £7,000 a year for some consultants on top of previous generous changes to their pensions – this is fair and reasonable and means they should now call of their strikes .' The average hike for junior doctors amounts to a massive 8.8 per cent including the cash rise. It takes the basic){kind=link}
GLOATING junior doctors taunted Rishi Sunak that they are putting their new bumper pay deal straight into strike funds.
The PM announced this week that he is beefing up junior doctor wages by 6 per cent and £1,250 – adding thousands to pay cheques.
While teachers called off their strikes hailing the generous offers, militant doctors are digging in to continue their industrial war.
Within minutes of the pay announcement, the BMA union – which represents doctors – sent an email asking medics to donate the rise to their strike coffers.
The BMA said the pay hike will “cover the cost of the entire strikes to date”.