SHAME ON YOU SUNAK
Daily Mirror UK|August 12, 2023
Junior docs forced to strike days into job | Pay dispute ‘already cost the NHS £1billion’
MARTIN BAGOT
SHAME ON YOU SUNAK

AS junior doctors walked out yet again, Rishi Sunak was accused of wasting £1billion on strike cover that could have been spent on pay rises to settle the dispute.

Newly qualified medics, who had taken first NHS roles after medical school on August 2, joined the fifth junior doctors' strike in a battle for what they call full pay restoration.

Refusing fresh pay talks, Health Secretary Steve Barclay insisted 8.8% was a "fair and final offer".

This story is from the August 12, 2023 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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