For context in NI, our Emergency Care data showed in September 2024 median length of stay in ED for admitted patients waiting a bed was 16hours 7mins. Have a think where 16hours might sit on that graph. That’s where we are in Northern Ireland. Royal College of Emergency Medicine

Consultants: Starting this month you will be paid according to the new payscale and this will be backdated to 1st March 2024. Full details of the new pay scales and the pay offer are in the message we sent yesterday from @david_farren and on our website brnw.ch/21wQjTY

Chair of NICC David Farren brought motion 7 to #consultantsconf condemning the persistent late payment of DDRB uplifts in NI and calling for uplifts to be paid on time across all nations and asks for complete payments to be made instead of instalments. Motion is carried.

GPs have REJECTED the contract offer from @healhtdpt. 99.6% of them said it was not enough. We have written to the Minister requesting an urgent meeting.

GPs have rejected the offer from Department of Health - chair @ohaganfrances has written to the minister to request an urgent meeting Read more here > brnw.ch/21wSDFm

So the NI population need to ask why young, intelligent, and motivated people would leave NI to work somewhere where their skills are valued? And then consider the statements made by our Minister Mike Nesbitt recently. Without doctors there is no health service. BMA Northern Ireland

RVH Lunchtime Event for Consultant and SAS Doctors Pensions Update: an Overview of the Pensions Landscape and the Impact of the McCloud Remedy 📅 27th May ⏰ 12.30–1.30pm 🏥 Seminar Room, Level 5 of the Critical Care Building at RVH Register: brnw.ch/21wSPiK

Joint letter from Chairs of BMA Consultants & BMA SAS Doctors to Wes Streeting This pay award is inflammatory Consultant and SAS doctors in England are now in dispute We demand that DDRB members resign Additionally BMA rate cards are relaunching and industrial action looks likely

Chair of NI Council Dr Alan Stout commenting on today’s recommendation from the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Pay Review body (DDRB).

Thank you to all who participated in and attended the recent LNC (Local negotiating committees) rep training residential. LNCs are made up of elected local representatives who negotiate with local management on behalf of staff in the area. Read more: brnw.ch/21wT16u

It seems a reasonable time to post these again. They seem somehow relevant as a reminder now that the government told the DDRB it was business as usual and they proceeded in exactly that way.

🧵 Three reasons why all Resident Doctors in England should vote YES in the IA ballot 👇🏻 1) Pay - your pay is still over 20% from #FullPayRestoration to 2008 real-terms levels - each and every year you are still left thousands of pounds worse off than those that came before you.

On stage at #BMAARM25 speaking today in my campaign for Deputy Chair of the Representative Body

Congratulations to Dr Andrew Wilson, who was awarded the Association Medal in recognition of his distinguished service. He has been a BMA member for more than 14 years and has demonstrated dedication and exceptional service in representing students, residents, and GPs. #ARM2025

100% this!

Wow, that’s a statement if ever there was one! Bearing in mind that GPs are a very heterogenous group, for our Minister to unify them all in such a manner is an astounding achievement. Ball now firmly in his court.

Well done The RCN for showing that nurses are also valuing themselves more highly! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Northern Ireland consultants are again in formal dispute with government over pay. Read the full statement from David Farren - bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…