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The next doctors’ strike

(178 Posts)
Mollygo Mon 15-Dec-25 18:18:06

Whoever thought the doctors wouldn’t come ask for more?

Aveline Tue 23-Dec-25 15:44:57

In my experience in the past doctors had to be able to move anywhere in the country. eg Scotland to Devon then next to Kent. Being a doctor was never easy.

foxie48 Tue 23-Dec-25 16:40:42

Nope there have been problems in training for a long time, I'm posting a link to a very comprehensive report that identified all of the issues that are still being raised today. The report is from 2007 and it seems very little has changed. However, what has happened is there has been an erosion of doctor's salaries since the 2008 banking crisis, doctor's now leave university with considerable debt and in August 2007 hospital doctors ceased to have access to free hospital accommodation.

image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Society/documents/2007/10/08/MMC_InquiryReport.pdf