Are resident doctors right to strike over pay? | Letters
Elizabeth Taylor fully backs industrial action and feels that doctors have been taken advantage of for decades; Dr Natasha de Vere would not consider strikingI totally support the resident doctors’...
By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion
Elizabeth Taylor fully backs industrial action and feels that doctors have been taken advantage of for decades; Dr Natasha de Vere would not consider striking I totally support the resident doctors’ strike ( Why the NHS doctors’ strikes look set to continue, 14 October ). I am a retired consultant anaesthetist who worked in the NHS for 40 years. Throughout my career, I felt that I was totally underpaid for my work. As a junior doctor in the 1970s and up until my consultant appointment in 1991, I was paid a pittance for working excessive, unsafe hours – often 80 to 100 hours a week. Accommodation and catering were minimal. Overtime was paid at a much lower rate. Continue reading...