Speaking as a nurse (acute hospital care for over 20 yrs) I can see lots of front line workers are leaving in droves due to the stress and understaffing. I really worry about the state of our healthcare, in a few years there will be no staff to care for people. :( The reality is that most of us will need those NHS staff at some point in our future and if we dont protect them they just wont be there.
Most people aren’t getting any pay rise at all. Teachers have worked through it all too with a lot of extra work teaching the children still in school as well as online teaching and organising remote learning for the pupils at home. No pay rise. Care workers in care homes generally have lower pay, poorer pensions, longer hours than similar workers in the NHS. No pay rise. It’s only 1% but its1% more than most people.
Capitalism. Imagine if all Amazon works for example just went on strike. The huge power of Jeff would crumble. Yet people who are essential works always get treated like they are disposable. It's horrid.
You don't have to go for these extreme individual cases. It's always hard to make a comparative argument between a hand full insanely rich guys and a giant worker group ( not saying these saleries arn't insane but the comparison is always difficult). But you can simple look at other systemic sectors we have no issue financing. Industry subsedies are rarely ever in question. We have military forces who are broadly financed and supported just in CASE something could happen. We can aparently plan ahead and do economic math in those sectors. But we can't even finance the healthcare sector and pay the fighters there WHILE a pandemic is devestating the globe? My point is while your argument is valid it's not all 'if only greedy capitalism wasn't so injust' (shakefist). Even within such a capitalistic system we all as citizens of wealthy states chose to not care about healthcare and continue to ignore it.
@@DarkHarlequin I mean, just tomorrow I'm going to a demonstration for the healthcare system in my country, it's hard to believe that it's citizens fault for not caring enough. But I guess you're right, how else could it have been ignored by the government?
@@VashdaCrash Excelent layer of sarcasm. But I'm saying the exact opposite. that it's not simple the fault of THAT one group. Is it unjust that CEOs get giant bonuses while healthcare workers get low wages? No. Regardless of that issue the same end the people who all clapped with tears in their eyes on their balconies for heroes keep voting for parties who gutted the healthcare system in prior years. So stands to reason that aparently when push comes to shove other issues seem to matter more to them. Politicians can keep ignoring some peoples demands as long as their have enough other people behind them. My point is not that individual citizens (like maybe you) don't care enough. My point is that when we come down to brass tax not enough people care.
@@DarkHarlequin Sorry I wasn't trying to be sarcastic, I shamelessly ignored the first paragraph of your comment. Also you have a pretty good point there, one thing is to care about the Healthcare system and another is to also care about who do you vote and why.
Neither does most pay rises, but they should come anyway, we cannot save ourself out of a resession, and a pay rise will pump out money to spend, in the hands that are likely to use it right away, stimulating the economy. Unlike giving tax cuts for the rich and support for sectors that does not require any help, or are in decline anyway ! But we can bet good money, that this situation will be used more for the latter then the first !
@@noctusowl Yep, my point in a nutshell. But im sure industy and the rich will only look out for themself in the short run, and leave everybody else to finance any recovery that may come. Making others pay for their succes while claiming that they did it.. The average rich is an a-hole and the average voter is a moron !
@@Jono1982 So, you suggest we make our polititians even more dependent on money comming from their donors. I fail to see how this is likely to work well over time !
Totally agree, it's scandalous how much money was wasted and I don't understand why the people responsible for these huge blatant kickbacks are still in their jobs and nurses and health care staff are not getting a proper payrise. You all deserve a raise, a long holiday and a parade (socially distanced). Thank you all.
The Nurses and Doctors of the NHS deserve far more than the 1% "rise". You're literal heroes and the majority of the country supports fairer renumeration.
@@gnova7 well yeah, that's my point. if sunak had been brave enough to increase taxes on the rich (which he was never going to do), NHS would've had more than enough for pay rises
I went into hospital alive, and left shortly after also alive, so I don't see what all the fuss is about. Also the unions are pushing for 12.5 to 15% and I'd happily pop a % of my salary to help make that happen. Hospitals are run by staff who astound me. Big hugs NHS, but obviously in COVID PPE. x
It's corruption or stupidity (or both) a sensible government would have picked up the phone to Apple and Google to see what they could do. Instead the government spaffed away £££ on it's own system before eventually going with the Apple - Google solution. Yet no one has resigned over this.
@@FoxDren Bruh you don't want Nurses to get paid but you're fine with the Govt giving private contracts to their donors, with taxpayer money, for a test and trace system which was barely used and a completely botched PPE plan? What about MPs payrise during the pandemic? As for military - we're also in an age where people joining militaries across the globe is at an all time low - it's almost like we live in an age where information is at our finger tips and people are realising those from other countries aren't so different from us after all. Plus most people are pretty disillusioned after all the illegal conflicts in the past 50 years.
Thank you for your valuable perspective as frontline worker in ED - your videos have provided us with an interesting and informative picture of what's really going on. I'm glad you feel cautiously optimistic, that gives us all much hope, bless you for all your hard work ♥️
What we need now is for all those that were out there clapping, to write to their MP and suggest they need to look a little more carefully into the finances that are available, and to up that pay increase a bit more, or to provide a one off lump bonus in addition to the 1%.
I rather liked the way he phrased that actually because it's both true in the cynical and kinder senses. There's a lot of self-interest at the top but also there are a lot of other things they need to worry about too that the average person doesn't really think about, particularly since their budget is going to be smaller this year.
5% for me. First thing I thought of was - yet they still can't do better than a measly 1% for NHS workers? I wouldn't mind if there was a tax increase. Fund the NHS properly.
Doctors and other healthcare workers are the REAL celebrities in this world. It's scary to think where we would all be without you. Saying thank you just doesn't seem like it's enough.🙏🏻
Instead of spending billions on the military during the covid crisis, I would rather the UK government spend more on the health system and the doctors and nurses that work there... They really deserve more.
Mental health services are more important than ever, especially for medical professionals, many of whom will be traumatised by the past year. Year long waiting lists just aren't acceptable anymore.
So reassuring as usual, dear Ed. And so overjoyed for the UK! Unluckily, here in Italy we're facing the 2nd wave with different regional restrictions according to the number of cases. It's so overwhelming but your experience gives proof that we have just to hang on there. Totally agree about your view about NHS staff scandalous pay rise. How come that just ordinary people that do the best of themselves are always requested to sacrifice? no pandemic will ever dissolve selfishness. I'll do my best to take care of me and of course Stay safe 🇮🇹🍀🇬🇧
Thank you for this very well articulated and admirably balanced reflection on the pandemic and where we are now. I particularly liked the fact that you pointed out how many workers are actually “key workers” in terms of their social contribution not being reflected in their pay! The bus drivers, checkout personnel and many other unsung heroes. 👍
Dear Ed, I love your videos so much. You bring a fresh air of authenticity to CZcams, thank you for your kind words and honest point of view. If there's something that this pandemic is showing is the necessity to change the basis that guides the way that the health system (and really all the system works). But specially when it comes to the sacrifices that the people on the medical sector have to be making constantly, from a time consumed by studying putting in risk their mental, financial, physical and emotional health. When the "medicine game" is socially regarded as financial game, status bringer or, total and mayor sacrifice we as a group disregard the integral role that health, not only as medical consultation, but as every aspect of our life has to be the center of our existence -not in this "be healthy, be happy" consumerist void that is put up by social media and influencers- but as the fact that well-being is a basic human right and as one it must not be lead to the individual action or only public policies, but to a social contract in which we recognize the fact that health is not a state, is not product, is not an individual responsibility but a social effort, that requires all of us to be aware of what we need to strive for. Otherwise we're doomed.
@@alexanderofrhodes9622 Complicit in the NHS being on it's knees, keeping a large portion of the country reliant on foodbanks to survive, keeping children in poverty. Tory voters got the Tories in and just look at what they've done over the past 10 years. So yeah, Tory voters are absolutely complicit in the misery millions of Brits face. Bare in mind I didn't accuse you of anything, I was referring to the royal 'you' but judging from your reaction...
@@Wolfstorm701 I took it as an accusation because you specifically used my name. Also, the conservative party of the UK is as incompetent as the liberals and the communists (maybe not as incompetent as the communists). Your entire government is spineless. I can't say my own government is much better, but as an American I don't owe my government any loyalty. If they overstep they are liable to be met with an exceedingly violent response.
Doctor Hope, would you feel up for a challenge of doing a rapid fight scene trauma diagnosis of Jackie Chan's shopping mall fight scene. I have never seen so many people get injured, maimed and left in critical condition just for the art of movie making. Clearly the man is a living miracle as not even insurance companies dare to write a policy for him and he is in the Guiness book of world records.
Anything below the rate of inflation IS a pay cut. Just depends how deep the cut is. Inflation is government policy so it can't be a surprise. Yet they always act shocked when prices go up and people need more money! "Wait the government employs people & is subject to price increases as well!? *surprised pikachu face*"
I had covid in December in uk and I remember being in the hospital and being treated and I felt dangerous to the staff it’s incredible they helped me and were so brave and kind. I would expect a massive pay rise for you guys and I’m really upset there is not one at the moment. I feel relieved too but I have found it hard that things are going back to normal, people coming closer to me In supermarkets it really fills me with fear. When I leave the shops I feel just angry almost but I do need to put the threat into perspective I should have antibodies and the threat is going down. I just don’t think most people relate unless they have had covid I still have lingering long covid problems and I’m already starting to feel left behind. The whole experience was so scary for me and I don’t know at the moment how to continue on like nothing ever happened. I am going to slowly come out of lockdown because I still find this all really difficult 😞
Absolutely yes yes yes to all your thoughts on this. We as a society are happy to flap and clap but we don't want to reward our "heroes" with actual tangible support. The 1% pay rise was a pitiful slap in the face and you are spot on about the language used. I'd argue it was deliberate and calculated in order to embed into our collective minds the idea that NHS staff need to be sacrificed (high death toll from lack of PPE AS well as insufficient pay and staffing levels). It's insidious
Thank you for all of your videos over the last year Ed. I had my first vaccine last week as I am a full time carer. Doing the best I can for myself and my community. K x
I always can feel the care you have for your patients and your viewers through your videos. Thank you for all your hard work, education and entertainment during this difficult year!
Key worker = someone who doesn't get paid enough for the contribution they make to society. Spot on. Condenses a lot about what is twisted in the profit-oriented system we live in, and that's threatening to gobble up what's left of the redistributive and caring parts of the welfare state. The pandemic has really exposed the inequalities running through our society, I hope once we start to properly get back on our feet again we can work together to change our priorities. 1% is a fucking insult.
The trouble with calling medical people angels is that authentic angels don't have to worry about actual flesh and blood and its need to be fed and protected from temperature extremes. Flesh and blood people usually want a pay raise that is enough to help them pay their bills more easily rather than lavish, over the top praise.
That Track and Trace system cost is outrageous and i believe something similar or better could have been built with 10% of the cost. Many smaller to medium sized countries don't have 30 billion annual budget. Would like to see how that money was spent and who got rich from it.
Cleaning product companies like Lysol, for one example, made a killing money-wise during this pandemic also. Cleaning/Janitorial supply companies, Hepa filter companies, plexiglass manufacturers, vitamin manufacturers, Internet service providers, IT companies, and Google Chromebook (and Google in general) also reaped massive financial gains due to the pandemic and the various school lockdowns. Strangely enough, computer tech suppliers and construction material and furniture stores made out pretty well financially, since most homebound people turned to hobbies of building PCs, DIY building projects, and home redecorating in order to keep themselves occupied while isolated. But we all know that scalpers probably benefited the most, since items from toilet paper to graphic cards to IKEA furniture are all available on eBay for 4X what they are really worth at MSRP. It’s sad really and makes me hopeful that this pandemic will eventually end so the economy will eventually stabilize. Though I doubt it will return to what it was ever.
I love all the work the NHS do! It is not perfect buy god they do so well! Everyone gets the best health care no matter your financial situation. The NHS saved my life a few years when I had a suicide attempt. So thank you to everyone in the NHS!
I so agree with you! So many groups of workers who are in whats seen as a field of passion, a field of community service, and fields of public education are often looked as 'oh wow you're doing such a good thing!!' and don't have the pay to match the expenses of getting to that job (college, cost of living, etc...) I'm glad ya'll got at least a small raise and I frankly hope that ya'll get can a better raise after all this! I'm here in the US, but if there is something we can do to support ya'll give a shout!!
I don't envy the mental health wave coming your way . My clap for you was at the ballot box . People are starting to relax too much. Those who have had second jabs are just not following the rules . I can't wait to return to just being a cashier in a supermarket. The essential/ keyworker title is getting old and worn. My brother tested positive and he heard nothing from Track and Trace . Whatever billons of money wasted in my view .
Back in 2018 we got a 1% at the place I work. Was a bit of an insult. And I think the reason was money grubbing; we had 2% Fed tax reduction so they were probably thinking "Oh, let's give them just a 1% raise, with the 2% tax cut it'll be as if they got a 3% anyway on their checks." 1% is an insult. Anyway, if my employer's thoughts were along those lines, it backfired because with-holdings on dependents were changed so that not to take as much out in taxes... so when taxes hit those with dependents/kids ended up actually owing money when taxes were to be filed for the year. Making many people grumpy because they may not have saved to pay a tax bill and rather thought they would get a refund on a portion of their taxes.
To add to your situation of 1% which completely sucks. Here in the states, several urgent and family care clinics have actually shut down for cost cutting. Our non-existent medical system, instead we have what I call "A hustle under a bridge" healthcare system, my family doctor that I just setup last July and had gone to the same clinic with different doctor since 2006, just closed last October. Had a check up July/August... thought wow finally have a primary care physician, what you would call your GP. Got a letter in September that clinic and staff would be closing due to cost cutting end of October 2020. Easy come, easy go. Back to being without a primary doctor... the worst part is that only primary doctors can fill long term Rx. Fortunately, I have only one long term one and it isn't super critical like insulin or something for Lupus. The major medical groups in the Boise Idaho area are not for profits St Luke and St Al's owned by the Catholic church. They lost revenues due to the pandemic interfering with elective surgeries. So many medical staff through the area are part of that group and were laid off. The for profits also cut staff at locations; as well as charged ridiculous rates for testing in the Summer... my test cost me out of my own pocket $245 plus they billed my insurance for $100 separately; which my insurance paid 100% of $100. So they got $345 altogether... talk about a hustle... a test they knew I would need just to go back to work... and later would find out I need to even see my new family doctor for a complete physical... the clinic wasn't seeing anyone with COVID19 like symptoms unless they had a recent negative COVID19 test. They saw me, to do a complete physical, urine sample analysis and blood analysis as well as a tetanus shot. My family doctor and that entire clinic location was closed down in October. A coworker whose wife is a nurse working at a hospital was laid off for a short period too when the COVID ward and other areas were slow. I guess it's not that much comfort with "it could be worse" news. I just have to mention this to let you know, and all you UK'ers to save what you have. The NHS is literally the envy of the world. We Americans can't even imagine having something like a medical program that's essentially like public compulsory education K-12, fire service or police service. We've been hit with the money grubbers' stick for so long, we have a horrible Stockholm syndrome or maybe it's just a futile fatalism; a study from Princeton University revealed the average American has exactly 0% influence on politics in our country. Only special interest groups and those individuals of high executive positions and those with assets in the millions and billions of wealth and income.... plutocracy anyone? Anyway, UK'ers support your doctors. Don't allow it to devolve into the hustle mess we have in the states. It's a freaking disaster.
The problem with the pay rise being the way it is, is that it risks discouraging new people from entering professions like nursing. If the government demonstrates their disdain for the work that they do (most of the nurses I know already went either without breaks or with much shorter breaks than they're entitled to even before COVID) after this year, on top of cancelling the bursary (in 2017, I think) is like inviting a staffing problem in the future. I know nurses aren't in the job to get rich, but this is a slap in the face.
@Crap Tacular .... £33,384 is the average salary for an NHS nurse. That is actually not bad money. As a paralegal I earned £23,000 before I was laid off due to Covid. I'm actually considering becoming a nurse because the route to earning more is shorter timewise than pursuing a legal profession. As much as people don't like to admit it, lawyers do provide an essential service.
@@jacquelinesherlock2274 If you're considering nursing because of the 'route to earning', then just fucking stop. You're not cut out for the profession.
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t I am also a caring person, otherwise I wouldn't work in law helping people. It's never a good thing to assume you know someone you've never met, or their motives. I could judge you too if that's what you think is acceptable?
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t likewise ..... Incidentally, don't forget it was you that was making the point of people deciding to not join the medical profession because of monetary issues, not me. Perhaps you also think it best that those put off by the, allegedly, poor pay should "fucking stop" as you so eloquently put it, because you consider they are also not cut out for the profession? I'll be interested to hear your further opinion.
So that's why they tell you not to become a physician for the pay... because they avoid compensating you for risks whenever possible. It's worse for nurses sadly.
To train and then do work as a doctor takes enormous intelligence, super hard work, and ongoing diligence, as peoples lives are in your hands. Nurses as well. RTs, and more. This is not something you take a half day class for two weeks and get a certificate for. One should be paid commensurately for the qualifications they bring, and then working every day for a year in an environment that could literally kill you if you slip just once, or at least cause illness and harm, and the loss of your capacity to treat patients, damn right 1% pay raises are a slap in the face. Glad to see you are staying positive, Doc. But damn, your NHS thinks quite little of its medical staff, who conversely think so very much of those they serve.
Test & Trace: £37Bn for a broken system Cutting aid to Yemen from £350mil to £70mil NHS pay rise %? £300mil We as a country & a Goverment can more than afford to give NHS workers & other public sector workers a payrise. We've had a defacto pay cuts (due to inflation)for over 10 years and some areas 15 years+
I feel like in the NHS their are so many management departments that are paid to support the clinical staff but if the staff on the ground they are supposed to be supporting aren't even being paid that well, what's the point? The NHS loves to say they are patient focused but the way I see it who is one notch above the patient? It's the clinical staff that are directly caring for them, the people on the ground. I'm tired of people in power wasting money on vanity projects without consulting staff then saying there's no more money left for the bare essentials, particularly in the time of the pandemic. No money for pay to rise at the rate of inflation for band 2 workers, no money to do anything but make do and mend office equipment falling apart, no money to repair the old ceiling of rooms in Victorian hospitals that are ready to cave in.. But money for the vanity projects. This attitude to spending goes all the way from the smallest hospital to the top dogs in government.
“The basic annual salary for an MP from 1 April 2020 is £81,932. MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or their constituency, and travelling between Parliament and their constituency.” Source www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps.
They deserve more than 1% but the 12.5% that was being demanded is way too high. Private sector workers have seen up to a 10% pay cut during the pandemic.
1) many private sector workers got paid 80% of their wages to sit at home 2) doctors and nurses’ pay has fallen by double digits over the last decade or more. If you want to do something to reduce the shortages in staff (which was 40,000 nurses and 10,000 doctors before the pandemic) - wages have to go up. It really is that simple.
Not just your thoughts Ed! if you listen to Joe public I'm sure they would totally agree! Where does all the money go? It should as you so rightly said go to the people who put the hours & dedication in!! Thanks Ed
We may have to change the name of this channel slightly. "Doctor's Hope Notes" is appropriate for this nascent optimism, I think. Thanks, Dr, Hope, for sharing this message. I really needed this today, and I doubt I'm alone in that regard.
there absolutely IS enough money. it just goes towards the Richard Bransons. you know "people who actually matter" to your government. don't forget to vote Tory!
100% agree the queen hands out knighthood like there are sweets to celebrates yet you guys get a 1% pay rise real world pay cut that is a joke. Thank you for all you and your colleagues have done. THANK YOU
They stopped using the track and trace system for ages but it was still being funded, with the current economic state of the UK the seriously can’t afford to waste money
The problem is that some people assume that people in the helping professions should be so [ unselfish ] that they don't care about having any luxury goods or status symbols. Who needs fancy furniture or lavish interior decorations at home when you are in the hospital so much?
I was vaccinated with a single dose only shot three days ago. I really hope as many people opt to get vaccinated as possible. Even though I'm still fairly fatigued I'm happy about my decision.
Well knowing the tories they’ll probably cut that 1% soon after covid, it’s disgusting how they treat the NHS in my opinion. And I’m sure everyone knows this, but footballers and sports players earn ridiculous amounts of money for doing nothing, while paramedics and doctors, nurses etc. Earn nothing.
My view is that health care workers shouldn't get a 1% pay rise. It is has been a financially hard year you need to keep balance in the future. What they should get however is a 5% share of the market cap of the stock exchange. Simply create a fund, let the companies issue 5% new shares and donate the to that fund which can be used to pay yearly bonuses, crisis bonuses etc in the future.
Alberta health services has been getting funding cuts for the past year and some, and it's shown during the pandemic. It's frustrating, to say the least. I've decided within the past few months to pursue my EMR, and after, my paramedic certifications regardless because I think I'd enjoy it. But taking funding from health care during a pandemic doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
1% isnt even enough for inflation, it annoys me so much that governents for years have pulled money away from health care suddenly say they care. **annoyed sigh**
It's absolutely absurd mate. I genuinely couldn't believe the slap in the face they gave everyone at the NHS. I honestly think everyone should just quit together... then re-apply for all the jobs again when people are dropping like flies and suffering in the hallways but don't accept anything less than 50-100% pay rise. They wanna play hard ball... lets see who needs who more.
If you wanted more salary, why did you nationalize the medical system. The overhead of the administrative staff alone should ensure you get a pay cut every year, such is the government, wasting money in administration clearing hurdles it puts on itself.
I believe everyone should have income tax upped 1% across the board and then nurses, Dr's etc would get what they deserve and businesses that have been hammered throughout, paying furlough's but by just taxing business, 1% is probably as much as they can afford, due to the spend to this point
Dr Hope, I do enjoy your videos and I agree with the gist of what you're saying - pay should be determined based on one's contribution to society and humankind. We have vaccinated about 1% of our people - mostly key or frontline workers (and the politicians of course. They will always look after themselves first, won't they? We're expecting a third vawe, and I think it will come in about May/June, because we've moved to lockdoen level 1 and people apparently believe they don't have to wear masks.
this is saddening while in my country a personal friend of mine which are doctors go to vacation right before covid impacted our place like they actually know it would get disasterous, much I hope they instead working hard like you did :(
The commonly held idea we "can't afford" to fund our NHS and pay its workers properly is simply bad economics. A sovereign nation that prints its own money and has a national debt in its own currency is not like a household budget going overdrawn at the bank. The Bank of England increases the money supply mostly by magically adding numbers on the big banks' balance sheets so they can lend it out - but imagine that all UK NHS workers were paid in physical Nye Bevan fivers. A chunk is retained by the Government in tax anyway, but then you could watch the rest of those Nye Bevan fivers flowing through the economy, in shops, rent, every purchase made. Every £1 put into our NHS actually creates £2-4 in the economy, not to mention the good the Service does in other ways. Check out Modern Monetary Theory or just have a read of this from the TUC. www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/more-funding-isnt-just-good-nhs-its-good-economy
The US should have done the 5 week method instead of each state making it's own VERY random decision. Maybe then I could see my mother and father. This could be their last year on earth and I I can't be near them.
1%... uhhh.... I guess that just goes to show 1) how little they think you deserve or 2) how detached from reality they are from what a fart in the wind 1% is to all but the richest people in the entire world. As a thank you for going through literal hell for over a year with no real end in sight yet, here's $20. Go get yourself a nice lunch. That should help heal all of your woes. - Rich person who literally burns money because it doesn't look clean
1% pay rise.... Really? Here in the Netherlands, those who have worked with covid patients get a bonus. However, only if you dont earn too much -- which excludes most doctors. But it does include cleaners, but then excludes administrative staff (appointment planners, front office workers, etc). The hospitals wisely called it a team effort, and broadly applied the bonus to all hospital workers. Since we all put forth our best to keep up health care, the best we could. Both for covid, as for all regular patients -- as well as catching up on postponed care after the waves. The bonus: 1000eu in november 2020. And another 500eu in summer of 2021. To put that into perspective, the average nurse in our hospital makes 2000-2500eu a month. The yearly pay rise is still being negociated, but will likely not be much after the poor economic forecast will become more clear.
Your comments/complaints on pay and retention for healthcare workers are very similar to those I've heard in education. Our junior/community college has a nursing program, and that's a field that's always in demand, but also many people left due to the pandemic, and some because moving obese patients messed up their bodies (back problems, etc.).
Our pay has fallen in real terms by 20-30% over the last 10-15 years (and that’s ignoring the increased costs of practice or the trebling of tuition fees). There *is* a getting a way from the financial implications, because government debt doesn’t work like household debt. So yes, a 1% pay rise is insulting, and it doesn’t even apply to nurses or junior doctors as they’re both in pay deals agreed well before the pandemic! *harrumphs loudly*
The 1% pay rise was a joke. NHS staff deserve better.
Jokes are usually not that insulting.
@anonymous human yeah dude nobody deserves a payrise cos you got bit by a snake. well said
Speaking as a nurse (acute hospital care for over 20 yrs) I can see lots of front line workers are leaving in droves due to the stress and understaffing. I really worry about the state of our healthcare, in a few years there will be no staff to care for people. :(
The reality is that most of us will need those NHS staff at some point in our future and if we dont protect them they just wont be there.
agreed
Most people aren’t getting any pay rise at all. Teachers have worked through it all too with a lot of extra work teaching the children still in school as well as online teaching and organising remote learning for the pupils at home. No pay rise. Care workers in care homes generally have lower pay, poorer pensions, longer hours than similar workers in the NHS. No pay rise. It’s only 1% but its1% more than most people.
Yet many corporate CEOs have made billions. There is something wrong with life.
Capitalism. Imagine if all Amazon works for example just went on strike. The huge power of Jeff would crumble. Yet people who are essential works always get treated like they are disposable. It's horrid.
You don't have to go for these extreme individual cases. It's always hard to make a comparative argument between a hand full insanely rich guys and a giant worker group ( not saying these saleries arn't insane but the comparison is always difficult). But you can simple look at other systemic sectors we have no issue financing. Industry subsedies are rarely ever in question. We have military forces who are broadly financed and supported just in CASE something could happen. We can aparently plan ahead and do economic math in those sectors. But we can't even finance the healthcare sector and pay the fighters there WHILE a pandemic is devestating the globe?
My point is while your argument is valid it's not all 'if only greedy capitalism wasn't so injust' (shakefist). Even within such a capitalistic system we all as citizens of wealthy states chose to not care about healthcare and continue to ignore it.
@@DarkHarlequin I mean, just tomorrow I'm going to a demonstration for the healthcare system in my country, it's hard to believe that it's citizens fault for not caring enough. But I guess you're right, how else could it have been ignored by the government?
@@VashdaCrash Excelent layer of sarcasm. But I'm saying the exact opposite. that it's not simple the fault of THAT one group. Is it unjust that CEOs get giant bonuses while healthcare workers get low wages? No. Regardless of that issue the same end the people who all clapped with tears in their eyes on their balconies for heroes keep voting for parties who gutted the healthcare system in prior years. So stands to reason that aparently when push comes to shove other issues seem to matter more to them.
Politicians can keep ignoring some peoples demands as long as their have enough other people behind them. My point is not that individual citizens (like maybe you) don't care enough. My point is that when we come down to brass tax not enough people care.
@@DarkHarlequin Sorry I wasn't trying to be sarcastic, I shamelessly ignored the first paragraph of your comment. Also you have a pretty good point there, one thing is to care about the Healthcare system and another is to also care about who do you vote and why.
Pay rise deserved more than ever. Clapping doesn’t give you a better quality of life.
Neither does most pay rises, but they should come anyway, we cannot save ourself out of a resession, and a pay rise will pump out money to spend, in the hands that are likely to use it right away, stimulating the economy. Unlike giving tax cuts for the rich and support for sectors that does not require any help, or are in decline anyway !
But we can bet good money, that this situation will be used more for the latter then the first !
@@realitymatters8720 consumers ultimately fuel economy. If you don't give them money economy collapses.
@@noctusowl Yep, my point in a nutshell.
But im sure industy and the rich will only look out for themself in the short run, and leave everybody else to finance any recovery that may come.
Making others pay for their succes while claiming that they did it..
The average rich is an a-hole and the average voter is a moron !
we should slash politicians salaries by 50% and give them a 10 year payrise freeze and use that money for the NHS staff
@@Jono1982 So, you suggest we make our polititians even more dependent on money comming from their donors.
I fail to see how this is likely to work well over time !
Totally agree, it's scandalous how much money was wasted and I don't understand why the people responsible for these huge blatant kickbacks are still in their jobs and nurses and health care staff are not getting a proper payrise. You all deserve a raise, a long holiday and a parade (socially distanced). Thank you all.
The Nurses and Doctors of the NHS deserve far more than the 1% "rise". You're literal heroes and the majority of the country supports fairer renumeration.
“Capitalist greed” said Boris says it all. And people actually voted for the shambolic lot ?
There's more than enough money - it's just sitting in rich people's bank accounts.
Or in politicians pockets
Let me introduce communism...
yep, tax or eat them idc but just do something
@@gnova7 well yeah, that's my point. if sunak had been brave enough to increase taxes on the rich (which he was never going to do), NHS would've had more than enough for pay rises
@@jz23410 I'm confused
I went into hospital alive, and left shortly after also alive, so I don't see what all the fuss is about. Also the unions are pushing for 12.5 to 15% and I'd happily pop a % of my salary to help make that happen. Hospitals are run by staff who astound me. Big hugs NHS, but obviously in COVID PPE. x
37 bilion on track & trace.
How much of it is in offshore accounts?
That's why we "can't " afford proper pay rises to people who bloody deserve it.
It's corruption or stupidity (or both) a sensible government would have picked up the phone to Apple and Google to see what they could do. Instead the government spaffed away £££ on it's own system before eventually going with the Apple - Google solution. Yet no one has resigned over this.
The hypocrisy and ingratitude of those who support an effective pay cut for nurses is sickening.
You willing to cover the extra costs or would you also bitch about increased taxes?
@@FoxDren Just take it out of defense and police funding, completely overinflated budget institutions that abuse their funds.
@@DanzelGlovington our military is drastically underfunded.
@@FoxDren Bruh you don't want Nurses to get paid but you're fine with the Govt giving private contracts to their donors, with taxpayer money, for a test and trace system which was barely used and a completely botched PPE plan? What about MPs payrise during the pandemic? As for military - we're also in an age where people joining militaries across the globe is at an all time low - it's almost like we live in an age where information is at our finger tips and people are realising those from other countries aren't so different from us after all. Plus most people are pretty disillusioned after all the illegal conflicts in the past 50 years.
@@Wolfstorm701 there is a difference between a 1 off cost in the midst of a crisis and an ongoing cost to the taxpayer
They deserve more than a 1% pay rise.
Take it out of MPs 11% pay rise. We will just give the MPs a clap...
Thank you for your valuable perspective as frontline worker in ED - your videos have provided us with an interesting and informative picture of what's really going on. I'm glad you feel cautiously optimistic, that gives us all much hope, bless you for all your hard work ♥️
What we need now is for all those that were out there clapping, to write to their MP and suggest they need to look a little more carefully into the finances that are available, and to up that pay increase a bit more, or to provide a one off lump bonus in addition to the 1%.
“The powers that be don’t follow through on what the people want, they have other interests” yeah, that sounds about right
I rather liked the way he phrased that actually because it's both true in the cynical and kinder senses. There's a lot of self-interest at the top but also there are a lot of other things they need to worry about too that the average person doesn't really think about, particularly since their budget is going to be smaller this year.
@@bemusedbandersnatch2069 well put
@@bemusedbandersnatch2069 Yeah, there's always a bigger picture that is more complex in this stuff.
My council tax raised for 3.9%... I can't believe doctors get an effective pay cut...
5% for me. First thing I thought of was - yet they still can't do better than a measly 1% for NHS workers? I wouldn't mind if there was a tax increase. Fund the NHS properly.
Love the car crash analogy-it really does feel like we went through a violent impact and we're now just waking up wondering what happened.
Doctors and other healthcare workers are the REAL celebrities in this world. It's scary to think where we would all be without you. Saying thank you just doesn't seem like it's enough.🙏🏻
Instead of spending billions on the military during the covid crisis, I would rather the UK government spend more on the health system and the doctors and nurses that work there... They really deserve more.
It's good to hear your thoughts again :) keep up the good work
Mental health services are more important than ever, especially for medical professionals, many of whom will be traumatised by the past year. Year long waiting lists just aren't acceptable anymore.
I'm always amazed at your optimism - which is a great attitude. The 1% pay rise is definitely a huge insult.
For perspective, a million seconds is 12 days, a billion seconds is 30 years
"The difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars is about a billion dollars."
wow, you're a maths genius! thanks
So reassuring as usual, dear Ed. And so overjoyed for the UK! Unluckily, here in Italy we're facing the 2nd wave with different regional restrictions according to the number of cases. It's so overwhelming but your experience gives proof that we have just to hang on there. Totally agree about your view about NHS staff scandalous pay rise. How come that just ordinary people that do the best of themselves are always requested to sacrifice? no pandemic will ever dissolve selfishness. I'll do my best to take care of me and of course Stay safe 🇮🇹🍀🇬🇧
Thank you for this very well articulated and admirably balanced reflection on the pandemic and where we are now. I particularly liked the fact that you pointed out how many workers are actually “key workers” in terms of their social contribution not being reflected in their pay! The bus drivers, checkout personnel and many other unsung heroes. 👍
Dear Ed,
I love your videos so much. You bring a fresh air of authenticity to CZcams, thank you for your kind words and honest point of view.
If there's something that this pandemic is showing is the necessity to change the basis that guides the way that the health system (and really all the system works).
But specially when it comes to the sacrifices that the people on the medical sector have to be making constantly, from a time consumed by studying putting in risk their mental, financial, physical and emotional health.
When the "medicine game" is socially regarded as financial game, status bringer or, total and mayor sacrifice we as a group disregard the integral role that health, not only as medical consultation, but as every aspect of our life has to be the center of our existence -not in this "be healthy, be happy" consumerist void that is put up by social media and influencers- but as the fact that well-being is a basic human right and as one it must not be lead to the individual action or only public policies, but to a social contract in which we recognize the fact that health is not a state, is not product, is not an individual responsibility but a social effort, that requires all of us to be aware of what we need to strive for.
Otherwise we're doomed.
People in the UK just need to remember: if you love our NHS, don't ever vote Tory.
Counterpoint: if you dislike the NHS, vote Tory. Both opinions are valid
@@alexanderofrhodes9622 If you vote Tory, you are complicit.
@@Wolfstorm701
Complicit in what? That's a hell of an accusation for a stranger on the internet
@@alexanderofrhodes9622 Complicit in the NHS being on it's knees, keeping a large portion of the country reliant on foodbanks to survive, keeping children in poverty. Tory voters got the Tories in and just look at what they've done over the past 10 years. So yeah, Tory voters are absolutely complicit in the misery millions of Brits face. Bare in mind I didn't accuse you of anything, I was referring to the royal 'you' but judging from your reaction...
@@Wolfstorm701
I took it as an accusation because you specifically used my name. Also, the conservative party of the UK is as incompetent as the liberals and the communists (maybe not as incompetent as the communists). Your entire government is spineless.
I can't say my own government is much better, but as an American I don't owe my government any loyalty. If they overstep they are liable to be met with an exceedingly violent response.
Doctor Hope, would you feel up for a challenge of doing a rapid fight scene trauma diagnosis of Jackie Chan's shopping mall fight scene. I have never seen so many people get injured, maimed and left in critical condition just for the art of movie making. Clearly the man is a living miracle as not even insurance companies dare to write a policy for him and he is in the Guiness book of world records.
Most of JackieChan's movies would make a great trauma diagnosis video! It's a great idea :)
I assume you are referring to Police Story ?
@@mikejoyce2742 yes
Although the marathon rapid fight scene trauma diagnosis would, of course, be the Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan.
Anything below the rate of inflation IS a pay cut. Just depends how deep the cut is.
Inflation is government policy so it can't be a surprise. Yet they always act shocked when prices go up and people need more money!
"Wait the government employs people & is subject to price increases as well!? *surprised pikachu face*"
Car crash in slow motion seems like an excellent description for this scenario. Many thanks doc
heck, even at my job, the worst I have seen anyone get is3%. why only a 1% that really sucks.
Because Boris Johnson is a wasterman and the Tory Party are a collection of Wastermen.
1% is a kick in the teeth, don't settle for the pre-pandemic 2.1%, demand 10% i'd back you forever
I had covid in December in uk and I remember being in the hospital and being treated and I felt dangerous to the staff it’s incredible they helped me and were so brave and kind. I would expect a massive pay rise for you guys and I’m really upset there is not one at the moment. I feel relieved too but I have found it hard that things are going back to normal, people coming closer to me In supermarkets it really fills me with fear. When I leave the shops I feel just angry almost but I do need to put the threat into perspective I should have antibodies and the threat is going down. I just don’t think most people relate unless they have had covid I still have lingering long covid problems and I’m already starting to feel left behind. The whole experience was so scary for me and I don’t know at the moment how to continue on like nothing ever happened. I am going to slowly come out of lockdown because I still find this all really difficult 😞
Absolutely yes yes yes to all your thoughts on this.
We as a society are happy to flap and clap but we don't want to reward our "heroes" with actual tangible support. The 1% pay rise was a pitiful slap in the face and you are spot on about the language used. I'd argue it was deliberate and calculated in order to embed into our collective minds the idea that NHS staff need to be sacrificed (high death toll from lack of PPE AS well as insufficient pay and staffing levels). It's insidious
Thank you for all of your videos over the last year Ed. I had my first vaccine last week as I am a full time carer. Doing the best I can for myself and my community. K x
Dr hope, thanks mate, you are a beacon of hope throughout this awful time, thank you for the videos and please stay safe out there!
I always can feel the care you have for your patients and your viewers through your videos. Thank you for all your hard work, education and entertainment during this difficult year!
Thanks as always, Dr. Ed. Though I'm in the US, I appreciate what you and your colleagues do. Have a wonderful weekend!
Key worker = someone who doesn't get paid enough for the contribution they make to society. Spot on. Condenses a lot about what is twisted in the profit-oriented system we live in, and that's threatening to gobble up what's left of the redistributive and caring parts of the welfare state. The pandemic has really exposed the inequalities running through our society, I hope once we start to properly get back on our feet again we can work together to change our priorities. 1% is a fucking insult.
The trouble with calling medical people angels is that authentic angels don't have to worry about actual flesh and blood and its need to be fed and protected from temperature extremes.
Flesh and blood people usually want a pay raise that is enough to help them pay their bills more easily rather than lavish, over the top praise.
That Track and Trace system cost is outrageous and i believe something similar or better could have been built with 10% of the cost. Many smaller to medium sized countries don't have 30 billion annual budget. Would like to see how that money was spent and who got rich from it.
Cleaning product companies like Lysol, for one example, made a killing money-wise during this pandemic also. Cleaning/Janitorial supply companies, Hepa filter companies, plexiglass manufacturers, vitamin manufacturers, Internet service providers, IT companies, and Google Chromebook (and Google in general) also reaped massive financial gains due to the pandemic and the various school lockdowns.
Strangely enough, computer tech suppliers and construction material and furniture stores made out pretty well financially, since most homebound people turned to hobbies of building PCs, DIY building projects, and home redecorating in order to keep themselves occupied while isolated.
But we all know that scalpers probably benefited the most, since items from toilet paper to graphic cards to IKEA furniture are all available on eBay for 4X what they are really worth at MSRP. It’s sad really and makes me hopeful that this pandemic will eventually end so the economy will eventually stabilize. Though I doubt it will return to what it was ever.
I love all the work the NHS do! It is not perfect buy god they do so well! Everyone gets the best health care no matter your financial situation. The NHS saved my life a few years when I had a suicide attempt. So thank you to everyone in the NHS!
I so agree with you! So many groups of workers who are in whats seen as a field of passion, a field of community service, and fields of public education are often looked as 'oh wow you're doing such a good thing!!' and don't have the pay to match the expenses of getting to that job (college, cost of living, etc...)
I'm glad ya'll got at least a small raise and I frankly hope that ya'll get can a better raise after all this! I'm here in the US, but if there is something we can do to support ya'll give a shout!!
I hope you recovered from what sounded like an awful cold soon after recording this video. I found it extremely helpful, as it was 'down to earth'.
You pay rise is a disgrace after all you've gone through.
I don't envy the mental health wave coming your way . My clap for you was at the ballot box .
People are starting to relax too much. Those who have had second jabs are just not following the rules .
I can't wait to return to just being a cashier in a supermarket. The essential/ keyworker title is getting old and worn.
My brother tested positive and he heard nothing from Track and Trace . Whatever billons of money wasted in my view .
Back in 2018 we got a 1% at the place I work. Was a bit of an insult. And I think the reason was money grubbing; we had 2% Fed tax reduction so they were probably thinking "Oh, let's give them just a 1% raise, with the 2% tax cut it'll be as if they got a 3% anyway on their checks."
1% is an insult.
Anyway, if my employer's thoughts were along those lines, it backfired because with-holdings on dependents were changed so that not to take as much out in taxes... so when taxes hit those with dependents/kids ended up actually owing money when taxes were to be filed for the year. Making many people grumpy because they may not have saved to pay a tax bill and rather thought they would get a refund on a portion of their taxes.
To add to your situation of 1% which completely sucks.
Here in the states, several urgent and family care clinics have actually shut down for cost cutting. Our non-existent medical system, instead we have what I call "A hustle under a bridge" healthcare system, my family doctor that I just setup last July and had gone to the same clinic with different doctor since 2006, just closed last October.
Had a check up July/August... thought wow finally have a primary care physician, what you would call your GP. Got a letter in September that clinic and staff would be closing due to cost cutting end of October 2020. Easy come, easy go.
Back to being without a primary doctor... the worst part is that only primary doctors can fill long term Rx. Fortunately, I have only one long term one and it isn't super critical like insulin or something for Lupus.
The major medical groups in the Boise Idaho area are not for profits St Luke and St Al's owned by the Catholic church. They lost revenues due to the pandemic interfering with elective surgeries. So many medical staff through the area are part of that group and were laid off. The for profits also cut staff at locations; as well as charged ridiculous rates for testing in the Summer... my test cost me out of my own pocket $245 plus they billed my insurance for $100 separately; which my insurance paid 100% of $100. So they got $345 altogether... talk about a hustle... a test they knew I would need just to go back to work... and later would find out I need to even see my new family doctor for a complete physical... the clinic wasn't seeing anyone with COVID19 like symptoms unless they had a recent negative COVID19 test.
They saw me, to do a complete physical, urine sample analysis and blood analysis as well as a tetanus shot.
My family doctor and that entire clinic location was closed down in October.
A coworker whose wife is a nurse working at a hospital was laid off for a short period too when the COVID ward and other areas were slow.
I guess it's not that much comfort with "it could be worse" news.
I just have to mention this to let you know, and all you UK'ers to save what you have. The NHS is literally the envy of the world.
We Americans can't even imagine having something like a medical program that's essentially like public compulsory education K-12, fire service or police service.
We've been hit with the money grubbers' stick for so long, we have a horrible Stockholm syndrome or maybe it's just a futile fatalism; a study from Princeton University revealed the average American has exactly 0% influence on politics in our country. Only special interest groups and those individuals of high executive positions and those with assets in the millions and billions of wealth and income.... plutocracy anyone?
Anyway, UK'ers support your doctors.
Don't allow it to devolve into the hustle mess we have in the states.
It's a freaking disaster.
MP’s and other politicians need pay cut , no bonuses , no expense claiming. NHS need better than 1% 🙏🏼
The problem with the pay rise being the way it is, is that it risks discouraging new people from entering professions like nursing. If the government demonstrates their disdain for the work that they do (most of the nurses I know already went either without breaks or with much shorter breaks than they're entitled to even before COVID) after this year, on top of cancelling the bursary (in 2017, I think) is like inviting a staffing problem in the future.
I know nurses aren't in the job to get rich, but this is a slap in the face.
@Crap Tacular .... £33,384 is the average salary for an NHS nurse. That is actually not bad money. As a paralegal I earned £23,000 before I was laid off due to Covid. I'm actually considering becoming a nurse because the route to earning more is shorter timewise than pursuing a legal profession. As much as people don't like to admit it, lawyers do provide an essential service.
@@jacquelinesherlock2274 If you're considering nursing because of the 'route to earning', then just fucking stop.
You're not cut out for the profession.
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t I am also a caring person, otherwise I wouldn't work in law helping people. It's never a good thing to assume you know someone you've never met, or their motives. I could judge you too if that's what you think is acceptable?
@@jacquelinesherlock2274 Of course you can judge me. I'll never, ever care about your opinion, though.
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t likewise ..... Incidentally, don't forget it was you that was making the point of people deciding to not join the medical profession because of monetary issues, not me. Perhaps you also think it best that those put off by the, allegedly, poor pay should "fucking stop" as you so eloquently put it, because you consider they are also not cut out for the profession? I'll be interested to hear your further opinion.
So that's why they tell you not to become a physician for the pay... because they avoid compensating you for risks whenever possible. It's worse for nurses sadly.
I’m delighted for the uk people, wish our government would take their finger out. The Irish government is making a mess of it all.
IT'S MA BOY HOPIE! Back at it again! 😏
To train and then do work as a doctor takes enormous intelligence, super hard work, and ongoing diligence, as peoples lives are in your hands. Nurses as well. RTs, and more. This is not something you take a half day class for two weeks and get a certificate for.
One should be paid commensurately for the qualifications they bring, and then working every day for a year in an environment that could literally kill you if you slip just once, or at least cause illness and harm, and the loss of your capacity to treat patients, damn right 1% pay raises are a slap in the face.
Glad to see you are staying positive, Doc. But damn, your NHS thinks quite little of its medical staff, who conversely think so very much of those they serve.
Thanks for the video, great to see you are well. So sorry you have not been given the pay rise you deserve. It's absolutely shameful 😘
You deserve more than a 1% pay rise. It's not a nice "bonus", it's an investment in the people we needed more than ever this year. It's necessary!
Test & Trace: £37Bn for a broken system
Cutting aid to Yemen from £350mil to £70mil
NHS pay rise %? £300mil
We as a country & a Goverment can more than afford to give NHS workers & other public sector workers a payrise. We've had a defacto pay cuts (due to inflation)for over 10 years and some areas 15 years+
I work at a top 10 medical facility in the US and we only got a 2% raise this year. Lowest I've ever seen working there.
I feel like in the NHS their are so many management departments that are paid to support the clinical staff but if the staff on the ground they are supposed to be supporting aren't even being paid that well, what's the point? The NHS loves to say they are patient focused but the way I see it who is one notch above the patient? It's the clinical staff that are directly caring for them, the people on the ground.
I'm tired of people in power wasting money on vanity projects without consulting staff then saying there's no more money left for the bare essentials, particularly in the time of the pandemic.
No money for pay to rise at the rate of inflation for band 2 workers, no money to do anything but make do and mend office equipment falling apart, no money to repair the old ceiling of rooms in Victorian hospitals that are ready to cave in..
But money for the vanity projects. This attitude to spending goes all the way from the smallest hospital to the top dogs in government.
“The basic annual salary for an MP from 1 April 2020 is £81,932. MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or their constituency, and travelling between Parliament and their constituency.” Source www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps.
They deserve more than 1% but the 12.5% that was being demanded is way too high. Private sector workers have seen up to a 10% pay cut during the pandemic.
1) many private sector workers got paid 80% of their wages to sit at home
2) doctors and nurses’ pay has fallen by double digits over the last decade or more.
If you want to do something to reduce the shortages in staff (which was 40,000 nurses and 10,000 doctors before the pandemic) - wages have to go up. It really is that simple.
Not just your thoughts Ed! if you listen to Joe public I'm sure they would totally agree! Where does all the money go? It should as you so rightly said go to the people who put the hours & dedication in!! Thanks Ed
We may have to change the name of this channel slightly. "Doctor's Hope Notes" is appropriate for this nascent optimism, I think. Thanks, Dr, Hope, for sharing this message. I really needed this today, and I doubt I'm alone in that regard.
Was interesting watching this a year later. Cautious optimism then. Cautious optimism now.
there absolutely IS enough money. it just goes towards the Richard Bransons. you know "people who actually matter" to your government. don't forget to vote Tory!
100% agree the queen hands out knighthood like there are sweets to celebrates yet you guys get a 1% pay rise real world pay cut that is a joke. Thank you for all you and your colleagues have done. THANK YOU
You as hero's do deserve more much more
Nuff said...
Thanks for this.
Big up to you all in NHS..
Luv you guys x
They stopped using the track and trace system for ages but it was still being funded, with the current economic state of the UK the seriously can’t afford to waste money
The problem is that some people assume that people in the helping professions should be so [ unselfish ] that they don't care about having any luxury goods or status symbols. Who needs fancy furniture or lavish interior decorations at home when you are in the hospital so much?
The total cost of the Mars mission is less than £3 billion. How it possibly cost £37 billion for test & trace for the UK?
I was vaccinated with a single dose only shot three days ago. I really hope as many people opt to get vaccinated as possible. Even though I'm still fairly fatigued I'm happy about my decision.
Well knowing the tories they’ll probably cut that 1% soon after covid, it’s disgusting how they treat the NHS in my opinion. And I’m sure everyone knows this, but footballers and sports players earn ridiculous amounts of money for doing nothing, while paramedics and doctors, nurses etc. Earn nothing.
My view is that health care workers shouldn't get a 1% pay rise. It is has been a financially hard year you need to keep balance in the future. What they should get however is a 5% share of the market cap of the stock exchange. Simply create a fund, let the companies issue 5% new shares and donate the to that fund which can be used to pay yearly bonuses, crisis bonuses etc in the future.
Alberta health services has been getting funding cuts for the past year and some, and it's shown during the pandemic. It's frustrating, to say the least. I've decided within the past few months to pursue my EMR, and after, my paramedic certifications regardless because I think I'd enjoy it. But taking funding from health care during a pandemic doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
1% isnt even enough for inflation, it annoys me so much that governents for years have pulled money away from health care suddenly say they care. **annoyed sigh**
Love u bro God bless u
It's absolutely absurd mate. I genuinely couldn't believe the slap in the face they gave everyone at the NHS.
I honestly think everyone should just quit together... then re-apply for all the jobs again when people are dropping like flies and suffering in the hallways but don't accept anything less than 50-100% pay rise.
They wanna play hard ball... lets see who needs who more.
A hundred grand! 😲 We should be clapping for a pay rise!
They can definitely afford to give more than 1% - they just ramped up nuclear weapons by 40% or something ridiculous. They always find money for that!
If you wanted more salary, why did you nationalize the medical system. The overhead of the administrative staff alone should ensure you get a pay cut every year, such is the government, wasting money in administration clearing hurdles it puts on itself.
I like the shirt/sweater you're wearing. It looks very soft.
I hope things are still looking up. I've heard the Indian variant has been found in the UK?
A 1% payraise. Wow. That’s just cruel.
Hopefully everybody will support the nhs ,the next time they protest and all who clapped on there door steps 👏👍
Always look forward to your videos.
I believe everyone should have income tax upped 1% across the board and then nurses, Dr's etc would get what they deserve and businesses that have been hammered throughout, paying furlough's but by just taxing business, 1% is probably as much as they can afford, due to the spend to this point
Thanks Ed. you takes care too!
Dr Hope, I do enjoy your videos and I agree with the gist of what you're saying - pay should be determined based on one's contribution to society and humankind. We have vaccinated about 1% of our people - mostly key or frontline workers (and the politicians of course. They will always look after themselves first, won't they? We're expecting a third vawe, and I think it will come in about May/June, because we've moved to lockdoen level 1 and people apparently believe they don't have to wear masks.
this is saddening while in my country a personal friend of mine which are doctors go to vacation right before covid impacted our place like they actually know it would get disasterous, much I hope they instead working hard like you did :(
Don't jinx it. You all do amazing work. I have opinions on the pay rise you all deserve so much more x
The commonly held idea we "can't afford" to fund our NHS and pay its workers properly is simply bad economics. A sovereign nation that prints its own money and has a national debt in its own currency is not like a household budget going overdrawn at the bank.
The Bank of England increases the money supply mostly by magically adding numbers on the big banks' balance sheets so they can lend it out - but imagine that all UK NHS workers were paid in physical Nye Bevan fivers. A chunk is retained by the Government in tax anyway, but then you could watch the rest of those Nye Bevan fivers flowing through the economy, in shops, rent, every purchase made.
Every £1 put into our NHS actually creates £2-4 in the economy, not to mention the good the Service does in other ways. Check out Modern Monetary Theory or just have a read of this from the TUC.
www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/more-funding-isnt-just-good-nhs-its-good-economy
The US should have done the 5 week method instead of each state making it's own VERY random decision. Maybe then I could see my mother and father. This could be their last year on earth and I I can't be near them.
This was so clear and eloquent!
1%... uhhh.... I guess that just goes to show 1) how little they think you deserve or 2) how detached from reality they are from what a fart in the wind 1% is to all but the richest people in the entire world.
As a thank you for going through literal hell for over a year with no real end in sight yet, here's $20. Go get yourself a nice lunch. That should help heal all of your woes. - Rich person who literally burns money because it doesn't look clean
1% pay rise.... Really?
Here in the Netherlands, those who have worked with covid patients get a bonus. However, only if you dont earn too much -- which excludes most doctors. But it does include cleaners, but then excludes administrative staff (appointment planners, front office workers, etc).
The hospitals wisely called it a team effort, and broadly applied the bonus to all hospital workers. Since we all put forth our best to keep up health care, the best we could. Both for covid, as for all regular patients -- as well as catching up on postponed care after the waves.
The bonus: 1000eu in november 2020. And another 500eu in summer of 2021.
To put that into perspective, the average nurse in our hospital makes 2000-2500eu a month.
The yearly pay rise is still being negociated, but will likely not be much after the poor economic forecast will become more clear.
Your comments/complaints on pay and retention for healthcare workers are very similar to those I've heard in education. Our junior/community college has a nursing program, and that's a field that's always in demand, but also many people left due to the pandemic, and some because moving obese patients messed up their bodies (back problems, etc.).
Our pay has fallen in real terms by 20-30% over the last 10-15 years (and that’s ignoring the increased costs of practice or the trebling of tuition fees).
There *is* a getting a way from the financial implications, because government debt doesn’t work like household debt.
So yes, a 1% pay rise is insulting, and it doesn’t even apply to nurses or junior doctors as they’re both in pay deals agreed well before the pandemic! *harrumphs loudly*
the Budget cut £38 billion from the Dept of Health & Social Care - from the NHS or from Social Care?
37 billion? I agree, pay the nurses and doctors 100,000 each instead of track and trace
do the flash. please
I wonder how much was spent on eat out to help out that could have gone to nhs staff and services ...
£849 Million. Says it all really.
Ontario Canada has over 1,000 UK variant cases right now.