Chris Smith
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He/Him. Chair, BMA Scottish Junior Doctors Committee.
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Amongst it all today, First Minister has boasted of avoiding NHS strikes. But doctors are getting impatient.
24/25 pay negs haven't started yet despite 2023's path-setting deal
Avoiding NHS strikes must not be taken for granted- the'yre on the table if we dont start making progress
Amongst it all today, First Minister has boasted of avoiding NHS strikes. But doctors are getting impatient.
24/25 pay negs haven't started yet despite 2023's path-setting deal
Avoiding NHS strikes must not be taken for granted- the'yre on the table if we dont start making progress
SJDC chair Chris Smith updates on our work to hold the 🏴 Gov to commitments made in 2003 pay negs.
✍️'Full Pay Restoration remains the most important goal for our members, and we are expecting the SG to continue delivering on the commitments made.'
bmascotland.home.blog/2024/03/30/sjd…
NEW: Doctors and experienced teachers have faced unprecedented pay cuts since 2007.
The gap between higher- and lower-paid public sector workers has fallen by more than a third since 2007.
Read Jonathan Cribb and Laurence O'Brien's Election 2024 report: ifs.org.uk/publications/r…
And again, doctors have voted for industrial action.
It was never in doubt.
#PayRestoration
#DoctorsStrike
(1/2) 📢Update from NIJDC📢
Since our strike action last week, the Health minister has reached out to offer pay talks.
NIJDC’s Exec committee met last night to discuss this offer and agreed to enter talks with Department of Health. The first meeting will take place within the fortnight.
🏴Our second 72-hour walk out has begun. Thank you for the support on the picket lines! Plenty of time left to join us.
Stick together. Strike together. Win together.
#fullpayrestoration #DoctorStrikes
There may be a new CabSec but BMA Scotland continue to hold the Government to account over our pay & contract negotiation
Every doctor thatll be employed on the contract deserves the opportunity to shape it
First step? Fill in the survey below by FRIDAY
surveymonkey.com/r/JDcontract_
The pay deal accepted by Scottish doctors relies on continued hard work & the Scottish Government sticking to its word
They should focus on our own workforce & issues, not Englands: show us we're valued, make Scotland the best place to work & train
SJDC supports Junior Doctors
🚨📻 It's clear that Neil Gray MSP faces huge challenges in his new role as Health Secretary.
Our Deputy Chair Hugh Pearson was on BBC Scotland News this morning discussing what the priorities need to be.
Listen back from around 2:11 here 👇👇👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
New Cab Sec, Same Goal
Scottish doctors voted overwhelmingly to agree a deal committing our Government to Full Pay Restoration & a new contract
I look forward to negotiating our above-inflation pay with Neil Gray MSP & reiterating why FPR must be delivered
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
The world is watching how Rishi Sunak & Victoria Atkins are treating UK healthcare workers
And the world is doing a great job poaching us under their noses, offering us adequate compensation for the years of our lives we give up
Spotted in Waterloo Station, London.
Here's our latest blog from SJDC Chair Chris Smith....
📢'Every doctor that is employed on this contract deserves a say on how we overhaul it, and we want every doctor that can to have the power to input into what comes next.'
Find out more👇👇👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2024/01/19/sec…
Thousands of doctors walked out in January. Hundreds stood on the steps of the Senedd. Our membership density has reached an all-time high. We are stronger than ever.
But clearly, Welsh Government still isn't taking us seriously.
So, we strike again.
#FullPayRestoration
