Pay restoration for junior doctors is a rallying point for wider discontent

Junior doctors are to be balloted for industrial action on 9 January 2023. Pay restoration is the focus of their demands, with a message that is easy to understand and sympathise with. Junior doctors today are earning at least 25% less in real terms than they would have in 2008/09.1 This group has experienced a steady erosion of their pay for the past 14 years so why has the movement for pay restoration come to a head now?Doctors at this stage of their training face many longstanding challenges in their working conditions, which have gradually worsened over the past decade. A non-exhaustive list includes: having to move between jobs every few months, a normalised working week of 48 hours where 37 hours is considered “part time,” the length and competitiveness of training programmes, and the difficulties in planning more than a few months ahead and securing leave for family time…
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