Doctors' strike against pension reform?

British doctors choose whether to strike or not

Ilya Dugin, Farmvestnik www.pharmvestnik.ruAccording to the British The Independent on May 14, about 103,000 members of the British Medical Association (BMA) must decide whether to declare or not to declare the first strike in 75 years against the controversial pension reform.

The BMA ruled out the possibility of a complete refusal to provide medical care, but if doctors vote for a strike, they will not provide services that can be postponed without harm to health. The result of the vote will be known by the end of May.

According to the management and members of the association, highly paid employees of the National Health System already pay higher pension contributions than most government employees in other industries.

In April 2012, the payments were further increased, and now a further increase in payments is expected.

By 2014, pension deductions will amount to 14.4% of salaries for some doctors, compared with 7.35% for high-ranking officials with the same salary and pension, the BMA claims.

UK Health Minister Simon Burns urged doctors to carefully consider all the pros and cons before deciding on a strike that would harm their patients.

He also noted that the indignation of doctors is not justified by anything, because doctors working in the public health sector currently have very good pensions.

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