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public health services have begun a six—day strike. it's the longest industrial action in the history of britain's health service, and follows a break down in talks with the government over pay. before the strike, nhs england medical director professor sir stephen powis said the health service was facing one of its most difficult starts to a year since 19a8. our reporter, meghan owen, has more on why this latest strike is so significant. this isn't the first time thatjunior doctors in england have walked out. in fact, they first went on strike in march 2023, and since then the nhs has had to cancel over 1.2 million appointments. but let's just take a look at what a junior doctor actually is. now, they are qualified doctors who are going through clinical training, which can take around eight years or more. they make up around 50% of nhs staff. so, actually, over the next six days of industrial action, the nhs could be losing half of its workforce — and that's at a time where the nhs is already facing pressure from the winter season.
Nhs-englandPayStrikeHealth-serviceTalksActionStephen-powisGovernmentPublic-health-servicesHistory-of-britainBreak-down19million appointments. let's just take a look at what a junior doctor actually is. now, they are qualified doctors who are going through clinical training, which can take around eight years or more. they make up around 50% of nhs staff, so actually, over the next six days of industrial action, the nhs could be losing half of its workforce, and that's at a time when the nhs is already facing pressure from the winter season. now, here's nhs england's medical director. we just had a really busy christmas and new year period, our nhs staff have coped magnificently with the pressures over that period, but we are now facing six days of industrial action byjunior doctors. that's the longest period of industrial action in nhs history. of course, it's at a time when the nhs is always very busy with winter pressures, viruses such as covid and flu, so there's no doubt it's going to be challenging. first of all, let's just take a look at how muchjunior doctors are paid.
LookDoctorsMoreJunior-doctorAppointmentsTrainingEightPressureNhs-englandNhsStaffHalfat what a junior doctor actually is. now, they are qualified doctors who are going through clinical training, which can take around eight years or more. they make up around 50% of nhs staff, so actually, over the next six days of industrial action, the nhs could be losing half of its workforce, and that's at a time when the nhs is already facing pressure from the winter season. now, here's nhs england's medical director. we just had a really busy christmas and new year period, our nhs staff have coped magnificently with the pressures over that period, but we are now facing six days of industrial action byjunior doctors. that's the longest period of industrial action in nhs history. of course, it's at a time when the nhs is always very busy with winter pressures, viruses such as covid and flu, so there's no doubt it's going to be challenging. first of all, let's just take a look at how muchjunior doctors are paid. well, for the basic foundation pay in first year, it's just over £32,000,
DoctorsTrainingMoreNhs-englandStaffJunior-doctorEight50PressureHalfNhsWorkforcenow, here's nhs england's medical director. we just had a really busy christmas and new year period. our nhs staff have coped magnificently with the pressures over that period, but we're now facing six days of industrial action byjunior doctors — that's the longest period of industrial action in nhs history — and of course it's at a time when the nhs is always very busy with winter pressures, viruses such as covid and flu. so there's no doubt it's going to be challenging. but first of all, let's just take a look at how much junior doctors are paid. well, for the basic foundation pay and first year, it's just over £32,000 — and that's without extras such as night pay. this can climb to over £63,000 for specialty registrars, which is after a few years of training. now, the government have offered a 3% average pay rise from january, and this is on top of an existing 9% average pay rise, which was already received back in april.
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