Strikes: Hospital consultants in England strike for the first time in ten years. 

Difficult to sympathise with folks on £100k a year asking for folks on far, far less to stump up cash to fund it! I'm a pensioner (£11k a year before tax) and I too was better off in 2008 - but what has that got to do with it? Hard to disguise that this is a threat: 'give us more money, or your health will suffer', nice attitude (understandable if this was the Mafia, but consultants???) ...

Consultants earn over £100k a year from the NHS… plus whatever they earn doing their own private work (BUPA) plus a humongous sized pension. yet they’re going on strike!? They should hang their heads in shame. Disgusting. This is what is wrong with the entire country… GREED GREED GREED!! Noticed no teachers are going on strike during the six week holidays (they’re also being paid for being off)

Is this for real ? Are they not on between 87k and 119k a year already ?

Consultants are honestly some of the most snobby dismissive people I have ever met… never taking accountability for anything and brush off patient concerns like they are of no importance… not a fan

A disgrace they earn over 100k and took an oath to save lives not put patients lives at risk . Some people are not on half what they earn . They need to get back to work

U lot are in the wrong job. People are dying because of this strike action. We cannot get to see doctors waiting for appointments for problems that put are lives at risk. Bi the time we get to see these doctors it's eather to late or we are to old for the operation to be done or we are Dead. Doctors are not the only ones that are suffering this is the wrong time for ok r u to start strike. I would say that u want to try and live on low income like the pensioners and people in low income. U really should be ashamed of yourself at the moment. The government have given you a pay raise take it like orther have and seak extra pay when things get better it won't until people like you keep asking for money when things in this country is bad

Maybe stop doing private work and devote your time to the waiting lists?

NHS spending is £186 Billion almost 25% of all taxes Raised. £300 Billion in deficit, £125 Billion in interest payments, 38% GDP, £3 Trillion national debt by 2025. If you want more pay go into the private sector or leave the country. Next batch please.

They are on over £150k a year for part time public sector work. They also work in their private hospitals also. They need to commit to the nhs full time or do one

These people are my professors and mentors. So happy to see our seniors standing in solidarity with medical students and junior doctors. We won't be bullied and taken for granted any longer

Money money money. Thats what it comes down to. Im sorry they chose to do that career and it wasnt pushed in on them, im sure when they chose there career it was more to help people and not think of there pockets, sorry you cant afford to shop in high end shops change to aldi or lidl like most people had to. This is pissing me off big time.

This TV interviewer isn’t really neutral in her approach when interviewing this consultant

Not paid enough! Rubbish! Pure greed.

Good at emergency treatment and putting people back on their feet but talk about anything else than pushing pills and their eyes glaze over. Glad to see something gets them fired up, sadly it's not what's best for individual patients but money 🤔

I do not support the strikes , i won't ever forget the tik tok shenanigans . Or the murders commited by some nhs staff .

120k a year on the top of the pay scale isn't enough. Remember zero strikes about poor healthcare standards for patients etc. But strikes for money. 🤔

So glad to see the senior medical professionals standing up and taking action. PAY ALL DOCTORS AND NURSES MORE!

I don’t support people already earning so much striking for more money.

Privatisation by stealth.

This is all about politics and money. I am glad to see they have dropped the lie about doing it for patients. Lots of people have had their pay eroded. Lots of them work in the private sector or pay agency nurses at vast expense. Meanwhile people are dying. 35 per cent. Pure greed

Oh poor consultants in their £100,000 a year wage

We can do without doctors. In the end Paracetamol is an answer to 99.9% ailments.

Greedy people striking need a wake up call. They earn more already than people that actually benefit society

Consultant on strike? That's ridiculous.

The 1st Time in 10 years ! 🤷🏻‍♂️ Like what does that mean exactly.... Its normal to be on strike or take strike action & should be done regularly!?!🤷🏻‍♂️ Lets put things into perspective Here, we are all overworked & underpaid so dont feel so special about it 👌🏻

EVERYBODY'S pay has been eroded by 35% over the last 15 years and most of us earn a tiny fraction of a consultants wage.

They all have secondary private work on top, they only work part time in the NHS

Poor consultants on 100k a year and surgeons doing private work.

Never seen a poor consultant and how much do they earn from their private consultations ?? It comes down to greed and nothing more !!

Thanks for cancelling my mum's operation she is 90. First do no harm....... Doctors do a difficult job but no one is getting 35 percent pay rise.if you get it then it will come out a budget so less treatment.

disband this public dinosaur.

Some of the richest people in the country asking for more money whilst your not eating frequently so you can pay your rent

BRITS OVERSEAS GO HOME AND HELP NHS

Let's have an American health system, a system that bankrupts people a system that doesn't give a shite about you if you don't have health insurance but at least the consultants there are absolutely loaded

They guys get paid much and still cry

If we stopped supporting Ukraine and supported our own British tax paying people everyone all across the board could have a great pay rise and their would still be BILLIONS left.... Here's an ideal. BRITISH TAX PAYERS MONEY SPENT ON THE BRITISH PEOPLE IN THE UK.

Pure greed. Some people are never happy and just want more when they are already being given enough. Just greed. So now 150k a year is not enough to live on?

May I enquire on this reporter's salary?

Lets be honest for decades doctors get paid 2-3 times more than average salary be it in Asia, US or Europe. Its been like this for generations. Likely because becoming and staying in practice as a doctor is no joke, a lot of brains and hardwork goes into it. I don't blame them if they want a bit extra. £128k is like £6k net p.m. A lot of doctors make this salary in Asia like dubai, bahrain, Qatar, singapore, even India let alone US ($300-$600k😮). So a highly experienced cardiologist earns much more in poor Asia, which has low cost of living. We can only compare with US because of similar cost of living. Even western europe has lower cost of living than UK. So as a cardiologist with £128k earning I save £1k in UK £4k in India £5k in Dubai (because accomodation, school, medical is generally covered in gulf) In US the earnings will be $20k net p.m Even if I spend $10k I still save $10k this includes medical insurance. So UK is offering very low income. With those savings you can't even change your entrance door. Let alone costly refurbishments.

As a 45p tax payer, we need to fund the NHS better. Universal healthcare. The NHS is doing a great job. The government need to go after big corp and the real rich people. We pay a lot of taxes. If they dont waste it on their mates unusable PPE schemes, friends and family contracts, we would be able to fund the NHS properly. We need to pay our NHS staff more.

The doctors should get paid more!!! I earn more than junior doctors and I only have a bachelor's degree. I have nowhere near the same pressure and responsibility that they have. It is ridiculous. They will just go to other countries if they are not treated well in the UK.

The consultants are doing too much private work as opposed to nhs work . So I suppose when on strike they move to their private practices where as we can see more and more people are turning through necessity .

i thought doctors were supposed to save lives?

Shame on them. Try living on an OAPs state pension for a few weeks. You'd be so glad to get back to work for half your pay! 😢

Solidarity with the NHS and all striking workers across the UK. Can't wait to vote the Tories out.

😢R.I.P. NHS...Now A Two Tier System...Pay Cash..Or Wait Forever For Treatment..Or Die😢🤲🏾🙇🏾‍♀️☄️💥🌎🎯📜⚔️💯✅

Strikes are only fair if any profession who earn already less and didn’t get a good pay rise to compensate inflations. These people are already living a good life, earning tons of money. What a shame. Disgusting people.

Shame on you

In the US consultants get paid between $300k - $500k. UK has same cost of living as US

I don't see this as anything but domestic terrorism. It should be handled accordingly.

This is shameful.

The nurses should get a pay rise NOT at his greedy doctors

Nhs helping the gov privatise the nhs. Well done. You are paid better than most, shut up and get on with it.

Weclome to Hong Kong . There are a lot of job opportunity here for Doctor . It is highly paid here . I had been waiting for TWO YEARS to see my doctor because of my torn ACL liagment !

I agree with nurses and loads others on strike but consultants who earn loads have be bit greedy earn over £100,000 adv insulting to those awaiting for treatment so who is going on strike next ,seems daily now maybe royals .

Job Well done... Let the corporates take it from here! Your services are seriously over paid for at 6%.... Go home

We want more money... No. ok back to work then.

Millionaires wanting to be multi millionaires

Odd, I thought that’s what they did during the pandemic and refused to treat their patients. My mum couldn’t see her consultant rheumatologist who so she should get her painkilling injection for a year and a half. In pain for a year and a half! She was diabetic and couldn’t see her consultant for the same period. When she was in hospital with a severe chest infection, getting to see a consultant took days. She died of pneumonia in the hospital near the end of the pandemic due to total neglect. Spare me your tears.

300,000 pounds a year (including private work)..are you not entertained !!?? 👎

Outrageous. Knew the 'titles', or more like the entitled. would start asking for more after the ones who actually need it have asked. You are glorified encyclopedias with the license to permit someone to move to the next step. AI can and will do your job. Enjoy competing against those rates in the future. 😅

Crazy

Starting salary for a consultant is £42 pound an hour, which for nearly everyone else is like half of a days work

They are already paid very high salaries. Government should look into improving the working conditions

Mick got this to the point.:) (as usual)

Get the PPE and Track and Trace monies and pay those who matter. If you can sanction repairing private pools and stables for multi millionaires in Westminster, then you can pay those who matter a living wage Maybe we should clap politicians and pay public sector workers

Consultants striking …..Prepare for the WORST!!😢

If you're against these strikers then you are part of the problem.

If I'm being honest, after watching the TikToks from these people during lockdown, I came here expecting a little more dancing.

Is the middle class being affected? Oh, the horror.

The issue is that in the US a consultant is paid 400,000 Dollars or more while working similar hours.

They've had wage increases and payments, that bring their rise to an equivalent of 9% this year. Its unrealistic for any worker to think they get back back to 2008 style wage rises. They're a disgrace and should get on with trying to get the NHS backlog down. Why he government let's these people continue to strike, I don't know. Thought they'd introduced new laws.

Well the government that governing you currently was partying while you were doing a good job to save people during covid. And you striking thinking they will understand and fix pay; I think NHS people are being naive or stupid. You need to find more ways to make an impact.

Good luck to them ✊✊

It's fine, it's fine : there are literally HUNDREDS of consultants, surgeons and doctors coming across in dinghies EVERY week! They'll be only too happy to do their part as a thank you for taking them in, right guys!? Erm, guys...?

Incredible how the public are so blind to understand that yes, consultants get paid a lot of money relative to most people, but if consultants get paid fairly according to inflation... everyone else! can also get paid fairly according to inflation. You should all be supporting the consultants getting paid, so junior doctors get paid, nurses get paid, hcas get paid... it benefits the health system as a whole because less and less people want to work in healthcare. At the moment, I laugh in pity when I see people choose to become nurses or study to become nurses because the pay and responsibility is absurd. The government is absurd, they get all the pay rises and ruin everyone's lives at the expense of the public.

Average salary of £127k plus 20% employer pension contributions plus generous holiday allowance plus majority also work privately so have a second salary. Cry me a river. Solidarity with the nurses and paramedics, not the greedy multi-millionaires! (and that's just the value of their pension pots)

Cathy Newman''s pay is >£100k, and all she does is talk talk talk LOL

Lynch charges himself with worshippers

the Tories have to shown the door...they neither care for the well being of the disadvantaged nor of their most important capital....our doctors and nurses...this is clearly a repeat of Charles Dickens story

Atlas shrugging.

How much do these noddy presenters get

Total support for these doctors asking for fair pay. They’re not even asking for pay rise, they are asking for pay restoration. There is a difference!

Rich .............

This woman does not seem to understand the amount of responsibilities these consultants have.

Greedy, Greedy, just greedy

just refuse to treat anyone who votes tory, this will solve many many issues within our country.

Go for it guys the decent people of the uk are right behind you ,not like the torys whom want to flog it to mates

Use AI to take over the role of hospitals consultants cause it's not the main of priority for the health

Pay them whatever they want literally at the top of thier feild grafting for hours on hours SAVING LIVES! PAY THEM

Shame on you! You’re already on high salaries, which are well-deserved, but this is pure greed.

We support the poignant cause of the healthworkers ....e it is indeed a systematic deprivation of healthcare workers ...

Hebrews 4: 12 - 13

Im so proud of the NHS all over the UK.mps are not paying all the staff whats due to them all.MPS are unreasonable. Its also for the people everyone is fighting for aswell. Its not unreasonable whats being asked

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they proclaim to be so concerned about the patients and waiting lists - so they just decided to go on a strike. What a logic!

Blackmailing patients who are having their procedures cancelled again won’t get them much support I thought these oiks were supposed to be intelligent

Real doctor, he’s not gonna moan about the money. These are the so-called angels of death.

We need to prioritise non Brexit and non conservative voters in NHS as they voted to save the NHS

Give me my n.i contributions back