John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government 21/ But this week has seen some other important data releases. Lets start with the (tragic) news that public satisfaction has reached a RECORD LOW😔. Some politicians are blaming "covid". The public are saying its "long waiting times, staffing shortages and lack of funding"

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government 22/ I'm sorry the data really do no support this being about "covid". Its MUCH deeper than that. Look at the Financial Times charts on the right - #waitinglists (& other metrics) are a #politicalchoice And its very obvious public satisfaction with the NHS (left) is ALSO a #politicalchoice

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government 23/ If you want to fix waiting lists (& A&E waits & cancer treatments waits) you need to #FixPay. Because pay is *CRUCIAL* to recruitment & retention. Look how public satisfaction has fallen off a cliff, as NHS pay has fallen off the same cliff. Its all related to #RETENTION

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government 24/ Some further worrying data from this week from the NHS staff survey. Only 32% of medical & dental staff satisfied with their pay, down 23% from 2020 & greatest drop by *far* of all groups.

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government 25/ The official staff survey data report only went back to 2019 above, but I have trawled the data back to the start of austerity and its more *SHOCKING* Pay satisfaction has fallen off a cliff, nonemoreso than for doctors = the largest falls since 2019 = recipe for MORE IA👇

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government 26/ And again like I did above with public satisfaction, lets take the medical satisfaction line (left; orange) and transpose it to the pay chart (right; black). Its easy to see what is going on here. Deliberate destruction of pay causes destruction of service & satisfaction😔

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government 27/ I need to state that I have only charted "junior" & consultant pay as they have the best data which are "official stats". SAS grade doctors (who voted 'no' to their deal) & GPs (yesterday voted 99% to reject their imposition) have seen similar, if not worse & are more complex

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government 28/ So I have gone into some detail about the "past", now we must turn to the future. And the future is @payreviewbodies i.e. the "DDRB". @bma_consultants are still voting on the changes to DDRB (which affect all doctors), & have submitted evidence 👇 bma.org.uk/media/42ukwmhj…

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government Pay Review Bodies BMA Consultants 29/ .@thebma have been clear with the DDRB that even if new ToRs for DRRB are voted through "DDRB must take these into account now for the 2024/25 round, particularly IF WE WISH TO AVOID FURTHER INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES."

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government Pay Review Bodies BMA Consultants The BMA 30/ Indeed @thebma have been crystal clear with the DDRB & government "IF THE 2024/25 pay award following the DDRB process is UNACCEPTABLE, they would take FURTHER REPEAT STRIKE ACTION to secure the pay awards their skills and expertise deserve." You HAVE been warned

John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times Office for National Statistics (ONS) NHS England Transformation NHS England Jonathan Cribb Institute for Fiscal Studies Bank of England Institute for Government Pay Review Bodies BMA Consultants The BMA 31/ It's becoming increasingly clear to me that failure to address pay erosion in the NHS is an existential threat to the NHS itself. A poll recently (by pro-gov Daily Mail), showed most important @rishisunak's 5 priorities- is REDUCE WAITING TIMES- even in Tory voters in 2019

UNCOVERED 💥 🎥 The Tories have finally folded and told us what they have been doing with our director Jo Maugham’s data…

Lovely speech from the new West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker thanking Andy Street for his service Andy Street spoke beautifully too. They both have such an obvious pride in their home. Compare and contrast with Susan Hall in London 👀

It's encouraging to see Fire Brigades Union members sharing our concerns over the use of PAs & AAs in the NHS. Today we thank them for passing their motion, highlighting the impact of deskilling a public sector workforce where expertise in public safety is crucial.

"If an incoming government under Keir Starmer wants to continue lying, then strikes will have to continue." Healthcare staff are the only workers who have not received pay restoration, says Dr Dr Robert Laurenson, on the first day another wave of junior doctors' strike. 📺 Sky 501

Agree or disagree, this is the reason doctors are striking to have our pay restored. Agree or disagree, but please be fully informed. Watch this excellent interview from Dr Robert Laurenson

I met with BMA SAS Doctors and Locally Employed Doctors at UHCW NHS Trust this afternoon Members are fully behind The BMA Local Negotiating Committee at UHCW as we pursue two claims on their behalf Unfortunately negotiations on these matters are not progressing to members satisfaction 👇🏻🧵

Co-Chair of BMA Consultants Shanu Datta is at Labour Party Conference today to make clear that our members’ expectation is that #FullPayRestoration is a must

🚨 FAO all The BMA members working at University Hospitals Birmingham 🚨 You will have received a ‘Survey - Pay rates for extra-contractual work’ email this evening It contains an update, chronology of events since Monday last week and a survey that will take ~1 minute to complete - please do so

Great to have developed, and to be leading, today’s ’Organising for local action’ training day for BMA Midlands with Tom Dolphin🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Covering local organising, campaigns and disputes as we build towards an ‘organising to win’ approach that empowers BMA members locally