British hospitals are once again disrupted by a strike movement. Medical interns have been walking out since Thursday morning, June 27, and will continue until July 2, to demand better pay conditions.
With our correspondent in London, Emeline Vin
The interns are demanding a 35% increase in their salary, to compensate for the austerity of the 2010s. Sumi Manirajan is an obstetrician and representative of the BMA union at the origin of the mobilization: “ A newly qualified doctor earns 15 £ per hour (approx. 18 €). I graduated in 2021 and I saw my colleagues, the friends I studied with, leave the country to go to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, where they are paid properly. Those who stay find themselves with even more work and burn out. »
Maintain the pressure
This is the eleventh time young doctors go on strike in less than two years. The negotiations are not moving forward. This young psychiatrist feels “ exhausted… We don’t like to strike. Our colleagues are accommodating, but we know that it adds pressure to everyone. We would like to stop, but we feel like we have no other choice. »
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