As another stint of strike action from junior doctors began, Newcastle-based medics spoke of how they felt the Government is "kicking the can down the road".
Others warned that - after a British Medical Association poll showed 53% of junior doctors are making plans to leave the NHS or are thinking about leaving as a result of the Government’s response to industrial action, and 88% feel the NHS will be in a worse state in 18 months - they are seriously considering moving abroad for better pay for the first time.
The BMA is calling for "full pay restoration" to correct what the union's figures show is a 26% drop in real-terms wages since 2008. The Government has only offered a 5% pay increase.
