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Consultant pay offer will make future nurse strikes ‘more likely’
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) believes the government’s new pay offer to consultants will ‘ignite fury’ among members and make nursing strikes ‘more likely’ in the future. After weeks of negotiations, consultants affiliated with the British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) have been made a government offer that, according... Read moreThe post Consultant pay offer will make future nurse strikes ‘more likely’ appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 27, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

End of devastating NHS strikes in sight as ministers agree to give consultants up to an extra £20,000 each after striking deal with militant unions
The British Medical Association said there will be an additional 4.95 per cent 'investment in pay' that will see consultants - who earn six-figures, on average - have their pay bolstered up to £20,000. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

BMA agrees to end ‘rate card’ demands under pay deal
The government has reached an agreement with union leaders over consultants’ pay that will now be put to members, including a commitment from the British Medical Association to cease promoting its controversial ‘rate cards’ for overtime shifts. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 27, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

There's no such thing as a 'safe amount' you can drink and drive on: Doctors say even ONE can tip you over the edge as they warn booze has 'got stronger' since the 60s
The British Medical Association's president said the idea of 'getting away' with two pints 'has always been dangerous'. Men are advised not to drink more than three units and women two. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

RCN calls for ‘urgent progress’ on recognising long Covid as occupational disease
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and British Medical Association (BMA) have called on the government to make ‘urgent’ progress on recognising long Covid as an occupational disease and provide more support for nurses and doctors affected. It has been a year since the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) found ‘robust evidence’ for five conditions from complications... Read moreThe post RCN calls for ‘urgent progress’ on recognising long Covid as occupational disease appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 17, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

Healthcare Strikes Around the World Challenge Pay and Poor Working Conditions
Millions of cancelled healthcare appointments and lengthy waits for care abound in UK, New Zealand, and in the US Strikes continue on multiple continents as thousands of healthcare workers walk off the job. Doctors, medical laboratory scientists, nurses, phlebotomists and others around the world have taken to the picket lines complaining about low wages, inadequate […] The post Healthcare Strikes Around the World Challenge Pay and Poor Working Conditions appeared first on Dark Daily. (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - November 13, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: International Laboratory News Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory Resources anatomic pathology Andy Davies BBC BMA bookings British Medical Association clinical laboratory clinical path Source Type: news

Some physician associates are paid £90,000 a year - more than twice a junior doctor's salary - and they are STILL not regulated
Doctors union the British Medical Association has backed The Mail on Sunday's calls to crack down on rogue physician associates - after a string of blunders by medics with just two years' training. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

About time! Doctors in talks with the Department of Health to put an end to NHS strikes
The British Medical Association revealed last night it will meet officials next week for a preliminary discussion that could lay the groundwork for negotiations in the coming weeks. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS strikes: Consultants and government to hold talks to try to end dispute
The British Medical Association says strikes will be paused to allow time for the two sides to meet. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revealed: Militant union leader at the heart of doctors' strikes is a Labour activist who boasted of charging the NHS £1,870 for a strike cover shift
Dr Tom Dolphin (pictured) made the extortionate sum covering for picketing colleagues and donated it to the British Medical Association's strike fund. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

BMA denies telling trusts to cancel electives or face total walkout
A row has broken out between the British Medical Association and NHS Employers over a perceived threat to stage a total walkout of consultants and junior doctors at trusts which do not cancel all but agreed elective activity during next week’s three-day strike. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 29, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Consultants demand 11 PER CENT pay rise and claim patients are 'safe' as they stage 48-hour walkout - despite health chief warning sick Brits face 'highest level of risk' during strikes
While sick Brits have been told to use emergency care as normal, health chiefs have warned patients face 'the highest level of risk in living memory' during the British Medical Association's strike action. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Most big teaching trusts now paying consultants up to £269 an hour to cover strikes
Seven of the 10 largest teaching trusts are understood to have acquiesced to demands by the British Medical Association to pay consultants higher overtime rates for covering August’s junior doctors’ strike. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Shelford trusts now paying consultants up to £269 an hour to cover strike night shifts
Seven of the 10 largest teaching trusts are understood to have acquiesced to demands by the British Medical Association to pay consultants higher overtime rates for covering August’s junior doctors’ strike. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

BMA writes to trust chiefs over ‘concerns about doctors’ safety’
The British Medical Association has written to trust chief executives warning of ‘concerns regarding the safety of our members and the patients they serve’ due to flawed concrete beams. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 12, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news