Jonathan
@jabberwock951
Socialist doctor dad. Come for the memes, stay for the political rants. He/him.
Encouraging. Personal opinion, but I don't think there's huge appetite for the kind of prolonged industrial action needed to secure a further big headline pay rise. A fair compromise on both sides to avert the strikes would be a good outcome I think.
BMA resident doctors committee co-chairs Dr Melissa Ryan and Dr Ross Nieuwoudt:”Today we had a constructive meeting with the Health Secretary. While we did not see a lot of detail, we do believe there now is a window of opportunity - albeit small - in which the Government can…
You can bet the med reg, anaesthetist, ortho, paeds etc. being assigned extra duties here haven't been consulted about it. This is what happens. Management decide they won't pay to fill a gap, consultants decide who should pick up the pieces (not them) and juniors get f*cked.
repost from Reddit. A Trust in the U.K. tonight, without any strikes taking place. @wesstreeting @ShaunLintern @SkyNews @LBCNews
This is insane. NHS pensions are linked to the state retirement age. So while the papers attack our "gold-plated" pensions, Liz Kendall plans for us to continue working until 72.
News from civil servants preparing Liz Kendall's pensions review. Kendall wants to look at "phasing in" the pension starting with 25% of a pension at age 68 and getting 100% of the pension at age 72. This will be represented as not affecting the triple lock. It's already the…
Retirement at 70, or even later? Retirement is meant to be something to look forward to after a lifetime of hard work. That's now true only for the rich. For everyone else it's going to be a period of ill-health with all your pension spent on care.
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‘I’m thinking about all the medical staff and medical facilities in Gaza that have been destroyed by the by the genocide by the Israeli Defence Forces.’ Yesterday Metropolitan police made dozens of arrests of non-violent protestors for holding up placards outside Parliament…
Quiet bat-people every fucking time.
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As someone who's paid off his student loans, I'd be very happy to see this. It could benefit retention and be a big pay rise for newer doctors. If the detail is good, I'd hope the BMA would put a deal including this to the membership.
wow, I have been banging on about this for 3 years. This is very positive news. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
So happy the adults are back in charge 🙄
A party source said the MPs - who aren't yet named - were suspended for "persistent knobheadery" It comes after speculation they've been in talks to join a new party linked to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, who lost the whip last year Labour has been contacted for comment
Another step on the capitalist ladder of "you'll own nothing and like it".
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It's amazing how much effort goes into convincing people stuff that existed within living memory is totally impossible.
“The British do have the view that they can have Scandinavian levels of welfare from the cradle to the grave.” Labour has promoted certain expectations for generous welfare but that clashes with the realities of government funding, says #TimesRadio presenter @AFNeil.
Like so many commentators this guy's whole schtick is "I'm really left-wing, but I must reluctantly admit the right-wing position is the objectively correct one". Rinse and repeat for every issue. Dude's a living straw man.
‘I don’t like the position that I’m in. I can’t get past the numbers.’ James O’Brien is ’sorry’ that he can’t support the doctors’ strikes, calling their pay demands ‘wrong to the point of offensive’ when the ‘public purse is in dire straits’.
Just an ex-hospital director fuming that a doctor can afford to go to a restaurant on her birthday. Are any of us actually surprised?
There's always some people shouting that if a 'select few' could just quietly disappear, things would be better for the rest of us. In the classroom, in the workplace, in life in general. Oddly enough it's never them or their family being disappeared for the greater good.
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Every teacher knows which 2-3 students could be removed and, like magic, classrooms would run better. The will to make hard decisions just isn’t there, so we, and our students, continue to suffer.
I'll abandon the strike now if I can come to work in a white coat, tie, flares and those glorious sideburns.
“We’ve never gone on strike” Okay, Robert… Circa. 1975:
I do hope these talks produce a deal. For all the solidarity doctors are prepared to show, I don't think there's nearly the appetite for strikes as there was last year. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Government knows mental and physical health problems are on the rise, and instead of doing anything about it they plan to strip doctors of their ability to sign people off work.
In a trial of 15 locations, GPs are being told *not* to use their medical expertise to sign people off work... but to refer them to a gym or a job coach. 🤪 Joke country.