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Originally Posted by Pierre
Like Junior Doctors and train drivers salaries then?
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Yes, but we need Doctors, and you need to pay them competitively with the countries they can emigrate to. I remember you saying you objected to their pay rise but in real terms their salary
decreased since 2010 by 11-16%.
It's just another thing we've put off, and put off, and now the bill is coming due.
We need more Doctors and we're not going to get them if we pay them less than our counterparts in Europe, America and Australia, to name a few. It's not realistic to just say no.