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NHS cannot afford to finance pay rises from existing budgets, hospitals say

Social care, prevention and public health services could be cut if government insists on funding 6% pay rise from health budget

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

1,900 children on NHS waiting lists in London for over a year

Figures come as the BMA is re-balloting junior doctors for a further six months of industrial action after rejecting the Government’s offer of a 6 per cent pay rise

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2023

What was the pay deal rejected by the BMA junior doctors’ union?

Junior doctors will continue striking until Tuesday

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2023

Support call for special needs kids

A Bangkok councillor for Lat Krabang district on Thursday filed a motion asking the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) council to improve its education system to support children with special needs.

Bangkok Post · Jul 14, 2023

Junior doctors ‘in for the long run’ as strikes continue despite 6% pay offer

The BMA said it was ‘possible’ the UK Government could make a similar offer to junior doctors to the 12.4% rise that is on the table in Scotland.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

Rishi Sunak driving doctors out of NHS with pay offer, say union leaders

Public service workers in England offered 5%-7% rises but departments must fund them from existing budgets

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

Doctors pay award ‘not enough to suspend NHS’s longest strike’, says union

Junior doctors, who began their longest walkout yet in England on Thursday, will receive six per cent rises under new deal

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2023

BMA: Doctors’ 6% pay offer ‘missed opportunity’ to end strikes

Rishi Sunak said he had accepted the recommendation of public sector pay review bodies and was making a ‘final offer’ to unions.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

Union body warns of ‘carnival of industrial unrest’ in NI over public sector pay

Public sector pay decisions in Northern Ireland are devolved to ministers at Stormont, but the powersharing institutions are currently not operating.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

Rishi Sunak tells unions pay award is Government’s final offer

The PM said he had accepted the recommendations of pay review bodies, but critics warned the lack of extra money would mean cuts to services.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023