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Junior doctors “do not earn enough”, medics have said as they launched a fresh round of strike action in the bitter dispute over pay with the government, PA Media reports. PA says:
Medics described how their colleagues are “fleeing the country” and how “there won’t be any doctors left” unless pay is improved.
Doctors in training from the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association in England began a 72-hour strike at 7am on 20 December.
The first option, namely the distribution of pre-paid debit cards, presented substantial challenges and risks. For example, registering every adult in the UK would have presented very significant challenges in the time available. Even if that could be achieved, there would have been significant risks associated with tens of millions of cards being distributed through the post as part of a highly publicised and marketed scheme, such as theft, fraud and loss. That was a risk that also attached to sending out vouchers by post. A substantial customer support function would also have been required, which did not exist. The compressed timetable of the scheme increased the significance of these challenges.
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2023-12-20 06:18:02
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