NHS Senior Doctors (BMA) Strike Calendar

The government has said there will be no more pay talks, after agreeing to the 6% pay increase the independent pay review body recommended. The union has asked for more to make up for what it says is repeated pay cuts.

Pay has fallen by 27% since 2008 once inflation is taken into account, but the BMA said once changes to tax and pension contributions are factored in, the cut to take-home pay is 35%.

• NHS consultants in England have announced two additional strike days over a pay dispute.
• The strikes were scheduled for Thursday and Friday, but will now also include August 24 and 25.
• The British Medical Association (BMA) called the 6% pay rise "derisory" and said it amounted to a real-terms pay cut.
• The government defended the pay rise, stating that it was fair, and expressed disappointment with the new strike dates.
• During the strikes, consultants will provide emergency care and a limited amount of routine work.
• The pay rise announced last week coincided with a five-day strike by junior doctors.
• Consultant pay has fallen 27% since 2008, according to the BMA, and the pay rise was seen as insulting.
• The BMA is calling for pay rises that match inflation, rather than full pay restoration.

• Senior hospital doctors in England have voted to strike for two days next month, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).
• The consultants will walk out on 20 and 21 July.
• Members were asked to vote on "Christmas Day levels of care", the medical union said.
• Christmas-like cover means the action will be "safe and effective", it claimed.
• The BMA admitted, however, that while emergency care will still be provided, elective or non-emergency work will be cancelled.
• Junior doctors have already said they are planning to strike FROM 13 TO 18 JULY.
• It means that for seven days next month, regular appointments and pre-planned operations will be disrupted.
• Consultants' average earnings are about £128,000, the Department of Health and Social Care said, following a 4.5% rise in the last financial year.

The British Medical Association (BMA) is organizing a 48-hour walkout on July 20 and 21 in response to what they say are repeated pay cuts. If doctors vote in favor of action, the walkout will affect routine services but emergency care will be covered. The result of the ballot is due on June 27, but the BMA said they wanted to give the NHS notice of the strike. The union called the ballot over what they said was repeated pay cuts. Pay has fallen by 27% since 2008 once inflation is taken into account, but the BMA said once changes to tax and pension contributions are factored in the cut to take-home pay is 35%. Unlike the junior doctors, who will be involved in the third walkout of their pay dispute next week, consultants are not asking for full pay restoration in one go. Instead, they want to see the government to start at least giving pay rises that match inflation.