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The BMA retweeted
Emergency meeting of CC tonight re 'talks', Government seriousness, 'affordability recommendation' to the DDRB.
London Weighting for doctors has not increased in more than 20 years, it no longer reflects the reality of the spiralling costs they face.
Doctors in London are taking part in an indicative ballot over whether to take further action.
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articleâŚ
The BMA retweeted
The audacity of a government listing âhigher inflation, energy costs and reducing incomeâ as arguments to cut NHS staff pay.
NHS staff also face these things, and theyâre not in government, theyâre not in the unique governmental position to materially influence them, unlike⌠đ¤
Cutting doctorsâ pay wonât keep them in the NHS.
The DDRB must show its independence and recommend what patients and the NHS need, not what the Government is prepared to pay.
Full statement: bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/âŚ
ALT Graphic on blue background, showing scissors making a cut. Text reads: âDoctors in England. 2.4% for doctors. This is a real terms pay cut. At a time when the NHS desperately needs to keep its doctors, the Government is proposing a pay uplift below inflation.â
The BMA retweeted
Patients need doctors, but if doctors are going to stay working in the NHS, then they need to feel valued. A 2.4% uplift, yet another sub-inflationary pay rise, is not the way to tell a workforce you value them.
The Government have recommended yet another sub-inflationary pay rise for an already beleaguered medical profession. Cutting pay is not the way to tell a workforce you value them.
bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/âŚ
The BMA retweeted
Doctors in London have had their cost of living allowance frozen for over 20 years, despite soaring living costs.
It's time to act.
The indicative ballot opens today. Doctors, vote YES and talk to your colleagues about the campaign.
Let's win this together.
Doctorsâ London Weighting hasnât increased in more than 20 years, while rent, travel, childcare and other costs have all soared.
London's doctors work with an outdated allowance.
@BMALondon
Cutting doctorsâ pay wonât keep them in the NHS.
The DDRB must show its independence and recommend what patients and the NHS need, not what the Government is prepared to pay.
Full statement: bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/âŚ
ALT Graphic on blue background, showing scissors making a cut. Text reads: âDoctors in England. 2.4% for doctors. This is a real terms pay cut. At a time when the NHS desperately needs to keep its doctors, the Government is proposing a pay uplift below inflation.â
Doctorsâ London Weighting hasnât increased in more than 20 years, while rent, travel, childcare and other costs have all soared.
London's doctors work with an outdated allowance.
@BMALondon
All doctors living or working in London, regardless of grade or employer, can take part in the indicative ballot. forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/âŚ
Congratulations to the new Private Practice Committee officer team for 2026â27.
Welcoming Paul Thorpe (Chair), Jan Niemann (Deputy Chair & Secondary Care Lead) and Shaima Villait (Deputy Chair & Primary Care Lead).
Find out more đ brnw.ch/21x6sZP
It's clear that pay for armed forces doctors has fallen behind NHS colleagues, risking recruitment and retention.
Read our recommendations to the pay review body. bma.pulse.ly/c2adjvuqah
The BMA retweeted
Proposals on physician assistant practice currently out for consultation would substantially reverse the protections recommended by the Leng review, argue Martin McKee and colleagues
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026âŚ
The BMA retweeted
đŁ Consultants and SAS doctors in Northern Ireland
Our next STRIKE will take place on Monday 23 November, for 24 hours, with Christmas Day cover.
Weâve had enough. Weâre striking for #FullPayRestoration â
Make sure your details are up to date đ
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The BMA retweeted
Hospital doctors in Northern Ireland will take to the picket lines in November over what they said was the governmentâs âongoing failureâ to deal with years of pay erosion
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026âŚ
The BMA retweeted
đŁ Consultants and SAS doctors in Northern Ireland
Our next STRIKE will take place on Monday 23 November, for 24 hours, with Christmas Day cover.
Weâve had enough. Weâre striking for #FullPayRestoration â
Make sure your details are up to date đ
brnw.ch/21x6qiz
The BMA retweeted
đŁ Consultants and SAS doctors in Northern Ireland
Our next STRIKE will take place on Monday 23 November, for 24 hours, with Christmas Day cover.
Weâve had enough. Weâre striking for #FullPayRestoration â
Make sure your details are up to date đ
brnw.ch/21x6qhJ
In the latest Pulse podcast, Tom Dolphin raises concerns about new government proposals that would allow physician associates in primary care to see undifferentiated patients.
Listen to the full discussion pulsetoday.pulse.ly/ag63mxswâŚ
The BMA retweeted
A draft clinical protocol for Physician Assistants has been shared with us for our feedback. We will be responding with our view that it does not provide sufficient safeguards for patients, and risks undermining residentsâ training. 1/5
Plans to allow physician assistants to see undifferentiated patients are poorly evidenced.
This should have been a public consultation from the start, working in collaboration with representatives from the medical profession.
Allowing physician assistants to see undifferentiated patients would be irresponsible and poorly evidenced, says @TheBMA's Tom Dolphin
He warns that vague guidelines on supervision fail to address the safety concerns that have been repeatedly raised
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026âŚ
