'Claps don't pay the bills': Striking junior doctors tell of two-day waits for beds forcing them to the picket line
An 'exodus', 'leaving in droves', 'crisis' of understaffing, are just some of the ways doctors on the picket lines described the current state of the NHS. This was as medics staged a mammoth 72-hour walk out at major trusts across Greater Manchester this morning.
"We're just constantly having to apologise to people about the long waits for care but there's nothing we can do. The route of the issue is pay and people leaving. "We're not able to look after our patients how we want to," Joseph said. "It's an incredibly stressful environment and we have to work for years for our degree, our experts at what we do, and have a huge responsibility, but that is not reflected in the pay."
The weather just about held together for the strikes, but even when the heavens did open the protestors were not deterred, such is the strength of their will to be heard by the government. "There is a complete exodus of staff leaving for countries with better pay. Those who do stay are burned out so it's not a safe environment. There are multiple reasons why we are out here, from pay to conditions and more, but we have rallied around pay as this is where many of the other issues come from."
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