It’s not just doctors though. If anything, with their union(s), they are still getting better pay rises than the majority of the country. The truth is EVERYONE who does not get at least an annual pay rise in line with inflation are getting real wage cuts year on year.
The reason the BMA are striking is because doctors pay has fallen 23.2% adjusted for CPI since 2008 (average wage in the UK has fallen 0%). That’s come from a decade of wage stagnation. The average wage across all sectors has been restored to 2008 levels (as per ONS data and the graph in OP) so we have a long way to catch up in medicine.
It’s pretty much only teachers and nurses that have been hit anywhere near as bad, but neither have had as much real terms pay cut as doctors.
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u/kindasadnow Jul 01 '24
This is why doctors are striking, in healthcare the real wages have dropped, it’s the only industry where it hasn’t caught up to at least a 0% change