Waiting list:
Yes, went down in Nov, as it has every winter for every year in the past decade +, whilst still trending up
Lack of strikes not a determining factor
If it was, what about Oct?
@BMA_JuniorDocs
striked with
@BMA_Consultants
but still waiting lists went down
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@BimAfolami
Happy to chat about how your government have shut us out of negotiations
And even now, with no strikes, they still won’t negotiate with us
And how previous to striking we were basically told we’d be ignored until we had a strike ballot
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“They should come to the table and stop these strikes which are having a huge negative impact on waitlists”
The Conservatives’ Bim Afolami defends the government's record on NHS waiting lists, suggesting junior doctor strikes are to blame
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We’re asking for pay cuts, which are 10x worse than average worker, to be reversed
This looks like doctors who are currently paid £15ph to instead be paid £20ph
And the kicker, which you conveniently keep forgetting to mention, is we’re very ok to implement over a few years
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What is truly unreasonable, is that instead of working towards a deal to reverse pay cuts, the Government would rather waste >£2bn (and counting) on strikes
This is more than if they decided to restore our pay with immediate effect
(Which to remind you, we’re not demanding)
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Your government has shown repeatedly it cannot be trusted
You have not settled with the healthcare professions you described
@theRCN
very much still in dispute, and being ignored
@BMA_Consultants
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@BMA_SAS
still in dispute, awaiting results of a vote
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And what about May 2023?
There were no doctor strikes but the waiting list still went up by 100k
There is a total failure in
-valuing staff
-retaining an effective workforce
-getting the waiting list down
Govt hasn’t just wasted £2bn, but up to £73bn over the next 5 years
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@BMA_JuniorDocs
@BMA_Consultants
I always wondered what those deeps were due to, I actually thought it would have been summer, not winter!
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I wonder if its because people waiting on the list die every winter and then get replaced by new referrals in few months ??
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