While we would agree that doctors should honour their commitments to already-agreed locum shifts within the limits of contractual notice periods, doctors are not required to cover long-term or known rota gaps… 1/4
Doctors already work a complex and demanding role, and are entitled to decide that an employer’s offered locum rate is not worth their additional time and effort and to seek to negotiate on it 2/4
An employer trying to cajole their staff to accept an uncompetitive rate of pay for such hours, is sending a poor message regarding how they value their staff’s time and autonomy 3/4
We would advise that doctors can and should reject any attempt to control their scope for negotiation by such demeaning language, and would invite them to contact us should the employer escalate such language into actual bullying tactics
Our new report on medical staffing in England is out today. Nobody working in the NHS will be surprised to hear there are severe medical shortages in England. But the figures in our report show just how serious the situation is. THREAD bma.org.uk/staffing
We need more doctors. There are currently 2.8 doctors per 1,000 people in England, while the average in comparable OECD EU countries is 3.7. Not a single region in England meets this ratio.
If medical workforce growth remains at its current rate, it’ll be 2046 before the NHS has the number of practising doctors needed to raise our doctor/population ratio to 3.7.
That puts us 25 years behind our European neighbours.
We believe that the decision by the Government on easing all lockdown restrictions in England on June 21st - expected to be announced on Monday - must now be delayed.
See the evidence and what we are calling for 👇 [THREAD]
We are urging a delay of at least two weeks to the decision about easing of the lockdown restrictions.
We also want regular fortnightly reviews thereafter, which are guided by the data
As our chair of council @CNagpaul says today, we must not undo all the excellent work of the vaccine programme by prematurely relaxing all restrictions.
.@Jacob_Rees_Mogg insult about Dr David Nicholl is disgraceful. @djnicholl has courage and experience to speak the truth about the disaster of a no-deal Brexit. He should be praised not attacked
Today’s chaos will do little to reassure patients and staff about the enormous risks posed to the NHS by #Brexit. We believe leaving the EU will have a hugely damaging impact on our health service.
This uncertainty has not been addressed by Parliament and risks being pushed further down the agenda by today’s events.
As we move into the most demanding time of year for the NHS, our analysis shows that this winter is set to be the worst on record for A&E attendances, waiting times and admissions bma.org.uk/collective-voi…