Patients on long waiting lists are losing their sight unnecessarily, while eye doctors are powerless to help in the face of Tory cuts and neglect

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/19/british-people-going-blind-doctors-tory-cuts

We're coming to the end of our second round of the #JuniorDoctorsStrike and on the picket lines we still have amazing staff and patient support.

We're super proud of our nursing colleagues for rejecting their shit pay offer this afternoon. They're worth so much more. Stick together, strike together, win together.

The worst thing the government has to say about us is we're "anti-government". Of course we are. They're a shower of shits.

#FuckTheTories #StrikeToWin

The UK government seems intent on its current plan of training the next generation of Australian doctors. #JuniorDoctorsStrike #JuniorDoctorsStrikes

RT @thegreenparty
💚 The Green Party is committed to properly funding the NHS.

🌈 We would increase investment by at least £6bn each year and ensure junior doctors and other health workers are paid fairly.

#JuniorDoctorsStrike

RT @carla_denyer
Yesterday I was outside the Bristol Royal Infirmary supporting the #JuniorDoctorsStrike with @BMA_JuniorDocs @SouthWestBMA

@KatBelfield explained how much #JuniorDoctors' poor pay and conditions is affecting the quality of healthcare at the NHS - so many doctors are leaving. https://twitter.com/BrightGrn/status/1645853989785817088

RT @HannahCCopley
Proud that the @thegreenparty has come out in unequivocal support of our strike action.

Thank you so much for your support 💚

#JuniorDoctorsStrike https://twitter.com/TheGreenParty/status/1645758846219034625

Solidarity with my junior doctor colleagues out on strike today They're not just fighting for pay restoration after more than a decade of austerity. They're fighting to save our NHS.
#JuniorDoctorsStrike #SaveOurNHS

This is progress, evidence that at least one #NHS chief is able to articulate the current state of affairs
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RT @ShaunLintern
"I am not confident this time that we can maintain patient safety as we will not be able to provide the cover" - one NHS chief says ahead of next week's #JuniorDoctorsStrike https://twitter.com/NHSProviders/status/1643893807031754752
https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/1643903411060867073

Day three of our 72 hour #JuniorDoctorsStrike and we're no closer to the government even considering a negotiation.

We'll be escalating industrial action until the government pays us properly.

My FY1 colleagues (first year doctors) start on £29k basic pay, plus some "extras" that a lot of news outlets have been talking about which are for working hours that are incompatible with experiencing joy or sustaining good mental health.

MPs start on £84k and can't even wash their hands properly.

I support the #JuniorDoctorsStrike, they really need the extra pay and as I'm a pensioner with a cataract replacement operation, I've been waiting, for booked for this Thursday am.

"Weird" that the #JuniorDoctorsStrike isn't in the news much eh?

On day two of our 72 hour walkout the public have been supportive. Everyone hates the Tories and recognises that it's their fault, not ours.

There are a few misconceptions about junior doctors which I'll try and clear up because I guess the newspapers aren't gonna?

We had a great turnout today on day one of the 72 hour #JuniorDoctorsStrike

We're striking for #PayResoration to make sure we retain enough staff to provide safe care. We're striking because everyone in the NHS deserves fair pay for their work.

We're striking because the Tories are killing our patients and we'd like to bring them down (not official BMA policy, all views my own etc).