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Originally Posted by joeysteele
That's the thing though it is not about money,they lose money striking for a start.
Then they are still available even on strike for any emergencies that arise and need them.
Two of my Cousins are Junior Doctors, they are shattered all the time now, they say this will make things worse, if Hunt imposes this against their will and really he should be learning from them not dictating to them.
They predict they will and many other Junior Doctors will too, either leave the profession altogether or go to work in another Country.
Thereby avoiding the criticism for the likely worse care that will inevitably come from the imposition of a contract, that not only the Junior Doctors do not want or agree with but in fact neither do the Consultants either, who also support their Junior Doctors.
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But it seems that the main sticking points now are about money, primarily whether Saturday hours before 5pm should be 'premium pay' or not. Millions of people up and down the country now treat Saturdays as a working day for no extra money yet junior doctors not earning premium pay before 5pm is suddenly an outrage even though they are having their basic pay increased to offset it? And with the government's proposals no doctor will have to work more than four nights in a row or five long day shifts and those who work at least one in four Saturdays will be compensated. I struggle to see why the proposals are as controversial as they are being made out to be.