Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) in England will form picket lines outside hospitals across the country in the longest-ever period of industrial action by junior doctors.
The BMA said newly qualified medics make £14.09 an hour, less than a barista in a coffee shop, adding that junior doctors in England will have suffered a 26% real-terms pay cut since 2008/09.An advertising campaign launched by the trade union says:"Pret a Manger has announced it will pay up to £14.10 per hour. A junior doctor makes just £14.09.
"We are fully supportive of any worker getting an inflation-matching pay rise, and it is worth thinking on the fact that the government has cut junior doctors' pay by so much that they could earn more serving coffee. "Losing such valuable clinicians to other countries and professions when waiting lists are at record highs means patients will suffer even more than they are already.
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