BMA OFFERS STAFF HALF OF PAY RISE

BMA OFFERS STAFF HALF OF PAY RISE – The 2.75 percent to its own staff is lower than the 4.9 per cent offer that it rejected 
The British Medical Association (BMA) has offered its own employees half the pay rise it demands for resident doctors.
Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, said the association was not “willing to put their hands in their own pockets to pay their own staff” while demanding a taxpayer-funded pay increase.
The BMA’s most recent pay offer of 2.75 per cent to its own staff is lower than the 4.9 per cent offer that it rejected for resident doctors before industrial action.
Mr Streeting said the association was happy to “fleece” taxpayers on behalf of doctors, while claiming they could not afford to pay their staff more.
Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, began striking at 7am on Tuesday, marking their 15th round of industrial action in three years.
The six-day strike is expected to cost the NHS around £300m, bringing the total hit to the health service to approximately £3.2bn, according to analysis by The Telegraph.
Meanwhile, more than 400 staff working for the BMA are also striking over pay after being offered a 2.75 per cent pay rise.