“People Like Me Are SUFFERING” Edwina Currie Launches Blistering Attack On Junior Doctors Strikes 

But Edwina wanted to sack those doctors not taking the medication that has caused our health system to collapse.

Ive been told its 8 months to get on a waiting list and another year to get treatment to see a consultant and i pay my taxes for nothing i want my taxes back i waited 7 hours in a and e recently and my G.P told me my heart was beating only 30 percent i told him i felt terrible but he did nothing i was given indigestion tablets twice and it took me three visits took get help no one listened to how ill i felt i spent 9 days in hospital in the end the NHS is a outdated crumbling system on its knees

MPs gave themselves a 42% pay rise since 2010 whereas Drs have had a 26% pay cut. They say it will cost £1bn to settle the Drs strike - £9billion out of £13bn was wasted on defective or unused PPE! This is a political choice.

My aunt died of breast cancer at 42 my mum had breast cancer at 68 as she was recovering she died of septus and pneumonia on oct 12th 2020 I had a form of skin cancer at 35 my mum had mentioned to the consults that she had a daughter and they Meet me they were concerned as cancer runs in my family yet this was at 38 I was supposed to be checked for breast cancer I’m now 45 and I’ve still not been checked

Edwina is bang on about recruitment of people to BE medical students. Perhaps they are looking to tick too many boxes instead of just looking at each person individually.

These Unions , labor , Junior Doctors are not right demanding 35 percent pay rise!!!!! They already now get to much!

Doctors have good memories enabling them to pass exams, they dont have ,'many skills' that's for sure. They make educated guesses at what might be wrong with you and pass you off onto the consultants who might or might not treat you. I can remember a doctor writing a prescription for me for antibiotics before I told him what was wrong ! It's becoming a joke of a job, and the picket is evidence of that.

How comes the MPs get £6000 pay rise they don’t deserve any pay rises

Never thought I would agree with her. Too many strikes now and it’s getting out of hand. As she says these people are on not bad money. If what they want is accepted now. They will strike again and again

I couldn't imagine having cancer operation cancelled and watching and listening to the disgraceful staff singing and dancing on the picket lines

Eveyone else in this country has had to make lifestyle adjustments and cutbacks during the cost of living crisis so why not them? If they got their desired pay rise, who pays for it? WE F'IN DO!!!! 🤬

The problem is government mismanagement of tax payers funds. The law should require transparency. These doctors are paying off student loans. I want my doctors paid well - anyone can be a cashier which is why self checkout is taking over menial tasks but not anyone can become an oncologist!!!

Give them a choice.Back to work immediately or get the sack !!!!!

Most not all, 35 been waiting since i was 31 for two joint replacements, no sign of end in sight. Life is stuck on hold as my quality of life is pain all day everyday.

Get back to work - and stop grinning when striking - you won't get sympathy for that! Who forced you to take up a medical profession? You KNEW the conditions - AND you knew the pay! STOP MOANING!!

These " Doctors" care more about their bank accounts than patient safety , Fire them and get people who actually care about patients

I recently saw an nhs endocrinologist, I'm having trouble with the thyroid medication and been put on several which have not worked, this endo took me off the last lot, and again put me on another which is still not working, I tried to discuss this with her, but the only alternative she gave me was to go back on the last one she prescribed... The one that didn't work, I refuse, she was not best pleased and told me to find another endocrinologist, not looking over my blood work which was awful, and ignoring my F18 pet scan which showed a mass of 14 x 7 x 21 in my right thyroid bed and thyroglossal tract, I had full thyroidectomy in 2019, this mass as grown in one year, because it didn't show up on my 2022 ultrasound scan. So in my opinion she did absolutely no work at my appointment, but still she'll get paid 😠

These people shouldn't be doctors

I despair for the morals and ethics of the current generation of doctors!!

I agree with Edwina currie on this one £32000 junior doctors good wage in my opinion

Edwina should talk to her dishonest, thieving collegues and tell them to talk to the junior doctors instead of berating the doctors who deserve a proper wage rise. These doctors have had 15 years of pay cuts, like the post office workers who have not gotten compensation after 20 years of fighting. The post office and the government are really stealing money from working people. As for Edwina, she got a huge wage and expenses and huge wage rises. Why didn't she take less to help the people she served? Edwina, get off your high horse and give working people a fair wage to pay these huge bills that your government caused.

to be honest, if you compare with how well HK doctors are paid, UK doctors will find it hard to not scringe and look for better pastures. These numbers do add up over time. with 10 yrs of experience, doctors in HK can afford to buy their own home with a family of 4. Can you offer that in the UK? The only reason why she is launching a blistering attack is because it affects her immediate interest as a pensioner

These doctors are learning they are at present very overpaid and care not about patient care. They enjoy expensive education.. Well said Edwina.

99% of doctor’s I have dealt with are rude, do not listen correctly and to be honest most of them you can barely understand what they are saying. They tend to think of themselves as VERY special and everyone beneath them. They were given to much praise during covid for a job they were ment to do (caring). I am extremely grateful for the doctor I have come across just before Christmas, first doctor for many years that has actually listened to me and is doing somthing about my health. The only other doctor I have come across with that type of empathy was a doctor from Germany that was ver here temporarily. She was the doctor after many years of excruciating pain diagnosed me with Trigeminal Neuralgia. Mind you I think most doctors receptionist need reminding they are a receptionist they seem to always have a I am better then you attitude.

Good old Edwina! I agree with EVERYTHING you say!

Pay doctors reparations for what? I don't believe you all know what the word reparations mean at all ?!!!

Smiles on faces is a load of bollocks. Doctors' pay has been eroded over the last 15 yrs. Why is it so outrageous to ask for every penny of it back?

Since 2019 i had kidney stone removed,i have COPD, then i broke my hip osteoarthritis,so I got to know a lot of nurses and they most of the masks where taken home by staff for family,and the COVID ward's where empty only severe cases old age pensioners,and COPD or anybody with respiratory problems otherwise the ward's were empty. I could not believe it the staff were more worried about themselves so never went to work only for face masks.😂

it costs us a quarter of a million to train each of these political activists. Disgrace.

I can't believe that people have forgotten this womans rant about the unvaxed during the pandemic, if anyone deserves to be cancelled its her.

OK, so instead of paying for wars we can divert that money to doctors?

Would you take on the responsibility of someone’s life or death for £15 an hour? Junior Doctors are expected to.

So easy for Edwina to say. See how massive her home is (from where shes making this video). Such a hypocrite.

Edwina suffering really!!

So move to Oz or Rwanda, leave our people alone if you won't help them.

Wow this woman... If you're in the caring profession being able to support yourself on a shitty wage shouldn't matter 😂😂😂

And we the Tax payer, in the Private sector. Get nothing. To pay them? Hows that work? On min Wage...Also Hospitals were empty, during lock downs. They were all at home, same as the doctors.

They can’t be under that much pressure as they think it want impact on patients

It's people like me who are suffering whenever Thatcher-lite gets wheeled out on the TV to give another inane opinion

Eggwina the liar

Odd , seeing as how you told " old " people to keep warm in winter by heating a brick up in their oven " back in the 80,s .. elderly in the eighties had been thru ww2 .. BUT now your elderly, youve changed your tune

In a democracy young doctors have no need to justify going on strike, it is their right, and it is to their credit that they have not done so before now. They have no more responsiblity for the people that are ill, than any plumber or electrician working in the NHS. It is the government of the day’s responsibility, to ensure patients welfare, by treating employees equally and fairly. Young doctors need to eat, raise families and keep a roof over their head, like everyone else. The horrible gas-lighting phrase junior doctors, deliberately creates the illusion that this group are all children in training and inexperienced, they are not. The Tory government are throwing away the money that would solve this issue, by pursuing their own agenda to create a second class health service, forcing the introduction of the new role of “Physicians Assistants”, they have an agenda that will destroy the NHS as we know it. These young highly trained doctors are being replaced by “Physicians Assistants” who have a very basic three year training course, in which they have a 100% pass rate, and are paid much more than the young doctors they are replacing. The advantage for the Tories is that P-A’s will be a captive resource of the NHS, as no other country will want to poach them. Once the NHS has been populated with P-A’s they can then remove the subsidy and cut their wages, to make the NHS cheaper and more affordable, at the expense of the patients. People will die because of the introduction of P-A’s, but there is no media campaign about them. The UK will end up with a two tier health system unless people wake up. If you want an actual safe NHS for the future, you should support these young people in their pursuit of a living wage, force the government to negotiate with them without conditions. At the very least they should be offered the same as their superiors, the consultants. The consultants unfortunately are being used as strike breakers, induced by getting a free resource, P-A’s unlike doctors have a 100% subsidy, and consultants are needed to introduce P-A’s to replace doctors. The Consultants offer is their 13 pieces of silver. To assist the Tories in the destruction of the NHS, enabling consultants to also line their own pockets, and reduce their workload. This is why young doctors are being offered a fraction of the consultants offer, and talks with them made conditional on the strike being called off. If you want a safe NHS to attend during all the health crisis in your life, ignore the media and government gas lighting and support the young doctors in their struggle to save the NHS.

And me and John both need treatment…

Edwina is just spewing falsehood on the pay

How dare the pheasants strike so the elites don’t get there services it’s always the rich bashing the poor strikers

Pay the doctors a decent wage then instead of giving greedy mps taxpayers cash, mps are overpaid anyway

God is definitely not calling trump back to office. Stop letting him make you into fools.

Why should we bring their wages to 2008 levels? No one else is going to get that why should they?

How can she talk about ethics and morals. She didn’t have any when she was an MP. And she hasn’t got any now to spite the pretence. And that stupid journalist saying it should be run by the private sector. Hasn’t she seen the state on privatisation in the rail industry and the utilities. She’s having a laugh

be balanced. Edwina you are not. What about the loans English doctors have to service. Also in the past they had a lot of benefits…..all gone. They have to pay for parking and accommodation. Every 6 months they have to move and the cost consequences. Do you really want a desperate doctor’s word work so many hours they make mistakes. You are so off the point which is so sad

Paid in smiles 😂

She's right but an hypocrite for saying it.

Claps dont pay bills

Edwina Currie gives off Professor Umbridge vibes. Prim and proper with a black heart. Huge sense of entitlement to the labour of others. No real insight in to the dispute beyond the superficial ‘oh well one day they’ll be consultants earning loads of money’, though consultants have seen an even bigger erosion of their pay and pension than anyone else.

Egg woman Edwina currie

Smiles of their patients don’t pay bills Edwina. Also, the extra money they’re striking for would probably just cover the unavoidable extra unpaid hours they’ve been doing all these years

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Brexit mess

Edwina is such a hypocrite See how beautiful her home js looking in this video. Shes resting , looking all dashing and glamorous. Surely she didnt get all that money through CLAPS . Yet she expects doctors to do so. Absolute crap