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Sheffield South Yorkshire Green Area almost full 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 👊⁦@TheBMA⁩ ⁦@BMAResidents⁩

I’m supporting @TheBMA Because trying to fix the NHS without improving pay & conditions for health/social care workers is like trying to refill a bath without the plug Recruitment, retention, burnout - this is the crisis Resident doctors deserve better. So does every patient

Read Ben's full report from the day here: thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pay-c…

And there was a surprise visit from @jeremycorbyn who came to the hospital to show his support for resident doctors. He told doctors: “You work so hard, you study for so long and go into a lot of debt. It’s not fair. I’m here to support you.”

Today’s resident doctor strikes coincide with those by refuse workers in Birmingham, who are facing pay cuts of up to £8K. Some doctors went to support the refuse workers earlier in the morning, while refuse workers returned the favour outside the hospital. #Solidarity

Deputy chair of @TheBMA @ERunswickBMA says doctors need to see meaningful movement on pay, and that vague promises on non-pay improvements are ‘not enough’. “If @wesstreeting wants to cancel the strikes, he knows how to achieve that,” she says.

Chair of @BMAWestMidsRDC @DrPeterFahey says the promised ‘journey’ towards #PayRestoration is happening at ‘a snail’s pace’. He supports a multi-year pay deal but says it would take 20 years to restore pay at the rate the government’s offer represents.

Our writer @ben_ireland_11 is at @uhbtrust today with @BMAResidents as they begin five days of industrial action in their fight for #PayRestoration Follow this thread for updates:

The previous government wasted over £3,000,000,000 on junior doctor strikes — more than double the cost of settling their whole claim And this government is making the same mistake Failure to negotiate is costly

Wes Streeting says the @TheBMA strike undermines the trade union movement. He should take a long look in the mirror. Labour MPs refusing to stand on picket lines does far more damage to our movement than workers fighting for fair pay ever could. #Solidarity

There are few greater signifiers of economic failure than demanding wages valued at the same level in real terms as they were 17 years ago being seen as a radical trade union demand.

No doctor today is worth less than they were 17 years ago. Watch @RossNieuwoudt correct some misconceptions around resident doctors pay in England 👇

Imagine someone nicks £40 from your £100. They give you £20 back, then call you greedy for asking for the rest. That’s what doctors are facing. They are being paid 20% less in real terms than they were in 2008. Full pay restoration is not an unreasonable demand.

Unite Northants stands with our Resident Doctors They are striking for 1) a safe staffed NHS 2) a safer run NHS 3) better pay to stop doctors leaving No Resident Doctor should earn less per year than energy company’s make in profits every few mins !!!

“Boss says employees shouldn’t strike” - every trade dispute ever. Another fantastic bit of journalism from the BBC

Doctors play a vital role at key moments in our lives. They care for us. They cure us. They do not take the decision to strike lightly. They are striking for an extra £4 per hour for first year doctors with £100,000 student debt. The government needs to move on this. Solidarity

Our Co-Chair @DrJohnPuntis spoke to @LBC about the #ResidentDoctorStrikes "I don't think a combative tone is helpful...to cast the whole thing as a conflict driven out of the selfishness of greedy doctors is not the right way to start those kinds of discussions."