NHS consultants, rate card is going great, rates being snuck in around the country under the radar of ICS/ICBs, employers and Department of Health really feeling the squeeze. One message, 'hold the line, you're winning', don't do extras for less than BMA rates please retweet 1/x
The rate card is about immediate pay but we need to fix pension tax, restore DDRB & base pay. We're trying to discuss with Government😉but we may need to up the ante, therefore it's vital you check workplace & *specialty* details on BMA site *now*, retweet/whatsapp colleagues 2/3
Juniors are potentially moving to action, it's therefore vital for consultants to support junior colleagues in preparation, further detailed advice will follow in due course, meanwhile ensure that workplace assessments are up to date etc if possible;-) #OneProfession 3/3
@Neil_J_Smart@Retepkram1@_JoshBurke_ The are loads of different ways of measuring inflation, unions tend to use RPI (and so does government when you owe it money). The following graphs use CPI. Some are a different time scale. The numbers I usually quote are take home pay measured against RPI 1/x
@Neil_J_Smart@Retepkram1@_JoshBurke_ Here's one, shorter timescale than ours (we go to 2008 - ie financial crash/austerity), it's gross pay so the impact of markedly increased deductions in our pay isn't measured. It does show how we compare. 2/x
@Neil_J_Smart@Retepkram1@_JoshBurke_ We can't really know take home pay across the economy but it seems unlikely others have had the same changes in deductions that we have. So let's look at gross pay for consultants. Up 17.7% Since 2008 3/x