Very depressing news from this already well paid class,who regularly pull the wool over our eyes,bleating on about their being paid £14 an hour,when they well know that after a few short years,many will be paid well in excess of £100,000 per annum with a fully index linked pension the like of which many of us can only dream about.
The 5% offer for the Government is far too low,but the Junior Doctors claim of 35% is grotesque and political motivated.

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Edited by Jacey (23 Jun 2023 11.58am)

we should pay Medical professionals more, and footballers less.

but of course, the World is not fair. The World seems to value Ryan Giggs more than the hero who saved your life on an operating table.

Pause, for a moment to reflect upon just how unpleasant a job it can be....

- violent junkies at ER
- up to your neck in gore & physical contact with bodily fluids

- aggressive relatives of the dying
- anti-social hours

- very high academic standards to reach
- being in proximity to sick & dying kids

- the constant threat of being sued or struck-off

etc etc....

Doctors deserve a medal, more than the average Mercenary in Ukraine.

Edited by PalazioVecchio (23 Jun 2023 12.59pm)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

Junior Doctors are the workhorses of the NHS.

How they cope is beyond me, heroes treated like donkeys.

35% is nothing, this situation has been going on for many years, I well remember thanking one for treating my son and realising how drained and exhausted he was.

They start low & work the way up

Grade Nodal Value £
FY1 1 29,384
FY2 2 34,012
CT1-CT2 3 40,257
CT3 4 51,017
ST1-2 3 40,257
ST3-5 4 51,017
ST6-8 5 58,398

It is on par with other grad roles. When you role in the additional allowances for unsociable hours etc. You add another £10k approx.

The pension is the big thing most in Public Sector don't understand. No not as generous as they once were, but way above what most of us can get, with an average of 15% being paid in but the pension being based on earnings not fund performance.

All that being said not a job I would want, but then I wouldn't want to go into Laz or accountancy either both of which start at a similar level.

Barista Maestro @ Costa - £11.70 per hour or £24k per year.

There you go. Express readers genuinely believe they earn £100k plus and now demand 35% more.

A similar disconnect between people's perception of what solicitors and accountants earn and what they actually earn. Electricians and plumbers might be astonished to know they considerably out earn their lawyers!

Medical workers.....underpaid, over-worked heroes, with good academic grades. Often working a job that nobody wants or is capable of doing.

TFL workers.....the opposite

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford