Ben Jennings Cartoon - Governments response to Junior Doctors

[Norman_Conquest]

It made me laugh.

 

[NZBoro1]

Looks like the papers yesterday were gunning for the head of the junior doctors union. Usual tactics of playing the man not the ball.

Also brought his father into it, opposite sides, didn';t understand what his son was doing etc etc. Not unusual really as my dad and me had very different thoughts on politics, especially as he got older.

 

[Nano]

My suspicion is that the government have been holding out until the nurses accept their offer (decision is released today) and then they can give a higher amount to the junior doctors and the nurses aren't allowed to go back and complain once they have accepted (no strikes for 2 years has been agreed if the offer is accepted I believe).

 

[ForssAwakens]

My suspicion is that the government have been holding out until the nurses accept their offer (decision is released today) and then they can give a higher amount to the junior doctors and the nurses aren't allowed to go back and complain once they have accepted (no strikes for 2 years has been agreed if the offer is accepted I believe).

My wife declined the offer in the end. The 1% for next 2 years after initial increase really struck hard with her

 

[sherlock]

My suspicion is that the government have been holding out until the nurses accept their offer (decision is released today) and then they can give a higher amount to the junior doctors and the nurses aren't allowed to go back and complain once they have accepted (no strikes for 2 years has been agreed if the offer is accepted I believe).

That’ll work out well when the offer is refused….

 

[Nano]

My wife declined the offer in the end. The 1% for next 2 years after initial increase really struck hard with her

I've read those details before but I can't find them anywhere. I don't think that was correct though. It was essentially a return to the PRB for the following two years and the expected rise in salaries for all sectors was nominally assumed to be 1%. That number will change depending on conditions at the time. The PRB isn't fit for purpose and always goes lower than inflation and sides with the government but I would expect next years increase to be somewhere between 1% and average pay inflation (probably half of private sector pay inflation).

That’ll work out well when the offer is refused….

The government being completely wrong is nothing new of course.