![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/junior-doctors-vow-to-keep-striking-as-derisory-pay-offer-means-just-84p-extra-an-hour/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Picket-at-St-Thomas-Hospital-for-latest-Junior-Doctors-strike-St-Thomas-Hospital-London-UK-13.jpg&description=Junior doctors have blasted the Government's pay offer as 'derisory' as they insist it equates to just 84p an hour extra for new doctors Junior doctors have vowed to strike for as long as it takes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak imposed a 6% 'final offer'. The British Medical Association blasted the offer as 'derisory' insisting it equates to just 84p an hour extra for new doctors. The first day of a five-day strike saw NHS England reveal its backlog has increased to a record 7.5 million appointments despite Mr Sunak's pledge to get the waiting list down. He told a Downing Street press conference the Government would refuse to negotiate with doctors and instead impose a 6% rise, along with an additional consolidated £1,250 increase. Mr Sunak said: "Today's offer is final. There will be no more talks on pay. We will not negotiate again on this year's settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision." Dr Arjan Singh, BMA junior doctors committee co-chair, said: 'This offer equates to an extra 84p an hour for a year one junior doctor. It is derisory and inadequate. My WhatsApp is flooded with messages saying this pay offer is insulting. We're not accepting this offer and will be out on picket lines as planned.' The BMA is currently balloting junior doctors for a mandate to continue strikes until March 2024. Dr Singh added: 'We will find a way but this is going to be a long dispute. The sentiment is exceptionally strong. We will reballot and reballot and reballot as many times as it takes.' Placard waving doctors at picket lines up and down the country are calling for a similar above-inflation pay agreement to that offered to medics in Scotland. It is the start of the most disruptive period of industrial unrest in NHS history with junior doctors, consultants and radiographers striking in the next fortnight as hundreds of thousands appointments will be postponed. Junior doctor Rebecca Lissman, 29, from East London, works in obstetrics and gynaecology. 'Stri){kind=link}
Junior doctors have blasted the Government’s pay offer as ‘derisory’ as they insist it equates to just 84p an hour extra for new doctors
Junior doctors have vowed to strike for as long as it takes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak imposed a 6% “final offer”.
The British Medical Association blasted the offer as “derisory” insisting it equates to just 84p an hour extra for new doctors.
The first day of a five-day strike saw NHS England reveal its backlog has increased to a record 7.5 million appointments despite Mr Sunak’s pledge to get the waiting list down.
He told a Downing Street press conference the Government would refuse to negotiate with doctors and instead impose a 6% rise, along with an additional consolidated £1,250 increase.