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NHS Staff Should Accept Pay Cuts To Protect Soldiers’ Pay
Oct 19th
It takes all sorts and the spectrum of opinions about NHS pay is wide and varied.
In the FT today Alex Comer writes: “Consultants and GPs did very well under the last government and neither can be described as anything other than very well paid, particularly when one considers the low level of career risk and gold-plated pensions. According to the Office for National Statistics, health professionals have the highest median salary (£1,031 a week) in the UK, and by international standards our doctors and nurses are among the highest paid. A 10 per cent pay cut should be the starting point.
Soldiers, teachers, police and social workers should not be made redundant so that our healthcare professionals can enjoy a standard of living out of kilter with other public servants and at a level the country can no longer afford.”
We’re guessing that agreement on this point of view wouldn’t be unanimous.
The full letter is here (free subscription needed).
Thousands of NHS Jobs Lost
Oct 17th
Despite the promise of the coalition government to protect the NHS from the cuts, 15,000 NHS workers have been culled in the past 9 months reports The Independent.
“Dozens of hospitals have shut wards or removed beds – or are planning to do so – while others have announced plans to save millions by scaling back on the services they offer.
“Aid agencies are also preparing for a major shortfall in expected government aid over the next two years, even though Britain’s aid budget was the only other area that David Cameron promised to exempt from cuts.”
The full article is here
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