I won’t be resigning my BMA membership because I have a training job and earn 3x what I did in FY1 as a CT
Obviously the lack of constant updates is unhelpful but this year we’ve had an offer sent to us by Wes (which I thought was alright - obvs not perfect) and UKGP which is probably the best thing that has happened for residents since 2016.
I am going to be able to get a higher training job so much more easily (still competitive) and so many of my FY2+ colleagues have gotten offers this round.
On pay I’m honestly content with my resident salary - it’s consultants who need a bump more than me. I think the BMA should be focusing on maximising our lifetime earnings rather than perpetual resident doctor strikes which have consistently cost me more than when I get back from them.
People on here who just want strikes for strikes sake need to articulate why they think that we have so much more leverage now with then we did back at the peak of pay erosion and everyone was fuming after Covid. We were on strike just over a month ago so I don’t see why some are so sceptical about BMA willingness to call strikes