The NHS will see four days of industrial action this week, with thousands of appointments cancelled.
In the letter Dr Vishal Sharma, the chairman of the consultants’ committee, said the BMA has always been clear that “strikes could be avoided if the Government was to present us with a credible offer that we could put to our members.”
He said consultants wanted an above-inflation pay award for this year, which in April was running about 11%. “But if the Government are not willing to sort of even entertain this, then our members have been really clear that we need to keep taking a stand and keep taking action.” Meanwhile the NHS Confederation, which represents all NHS organisations, said increasing numbers of patients, including cancer patients, are seeing their appointments rescheduled more than once due to strikes.
“This is much worse than before as we’re now seeing patients who have already had an operation cancelled due to industrial action be hit again with a cancellation to their rescheduled appointment.
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