A poll shows around two-thirds of junior doctors have “actively researched” leaving their jobs in the NHS as the sector prepares for a ballot on industrial action over pay.
The British Medical Association (BMA) survey of 3,819 junior doctors in England during November and December showed 79 per cent “often think about leaving the NHS” while 65 per cent “have actively researched leaving the NHS in the last 12 months”, according to the i newspaper. It comes as strikes are also considered by doctors in Scotland and Wales.
The BMA announced in October that a ballot for industrial action by junior doctors in England, who received two per cent pay increase this year, will open on January 9. The union said that over the past 15 years the take-home pay of junior doctors, which includes all doctors until they become consultants, GPs or specialists, has been cut in real terms by more than a quarter.
