The article discusses the intensifying pay dispute between NHS doctors and the UK government, centering on a new pay offer by Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The government's proposed 5.4% pay rise and a lump sum of £750 have been met with criticism from the British Medical Association, arguing that it fails to address the significant decline in real-term pay over the last 17 years. Many doctors feel that goodwill alone cannot rebuild the NHS, highlighting a broader push for meaningful changes to working conditions and pay structures to prevent further strikes and exodus from the profession.
"Health Secretary Wes Streeting has insisted it is a step on a longer journey to fix pay... urging doctors not to derail progress on reducing NHS waiting lists."
"With real-terms pay down more than 20 per cent over 17 years, union leaders have insisted that the time for half-measures is over."
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