{"id":49151,"date":"2023-03-16T12:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=49151"},"modified":"2023-03-16T12:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:06:14","slug":"junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Junior Doctors across the country have been striking for 72 hours since Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Netherthorpe House, Jamilla Flaherty, 31, a Core Trainee Year 2 in Psychiatry said: \u201cWhen I went to University in 2011 my peers were being paid up to 25% more than I\u2019m getting now.\u201d<br><br>They are asking for a 35% pay increase in line with inflation and the 26% cut from their pay since 2008\/09.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent BMA study showed that 79% of junior doctors have thought about quitting the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NHS Medical Director Professional Sir Stephen Powis said: \u201cAs with previous industrial action, disruption is inevitable, however, it is vital that people do not put off seeking care and dial 999 in a life-threatening emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Junior Doctors\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6S1pz61LVE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Doctors across the country have been striking for 72 hours since Monday. At Netherthorpe House, Jamilla Flaherty, 31, a Core Trainee Year 2 in Psychiatry said: \u201cWhen I went to University in 2011 my peers were being paid up to 25% more than I\u2019m getting now.\u201d They are asking for a 35% pay increase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d - ShefNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d - ShefNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Junior Doctors across the country have been striking for 72 hours since Monday. At Netherthorpe House, Jamilla Flaherty, 31, a Core Trainee Year 2 in Psychiatry said: \u201cWhen I went to University in 2011 my peers were being paid up to 25% more than I\u2019m getting now.\u201d They are asking for a 35% pay increase [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ShefNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-16T12:06:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c5f5bda2a1049c0ed1db6ac302dece74\"},\"headline\":\"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-16T12:06:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Health\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/\",\"name\":\"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d - ShefNews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-16T12:06:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c5f5bda2a1049c0ed1db6ac302dece74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/16\\\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ShefNews\",\"description\":\"Bringing you all the news from across Sheffield\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c5f5bda2a1049c0ed1db6ac302dece74\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4e57caa0e29909c4b22fcb41fe424a6e97a1d1d949d451ef70122707302d1d73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4e57caa0e29909c4b22fcb41fe424a6e97a1d1d949d451ef70122707302d1d73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4e57caa0e29909c4b22fcb41fe424a6e97a1d1d949d451ef70122707302d1d73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mystifying-kepler.77-68-26-17.plesk.page\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shefnews.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/jo1admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d - ShefNews","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d - ShefNews","og_description":"Junior Doctors across the country have been striking for 72 hours since Monday. At Netherthorpe House, Jamilla Flaherty, 31, a Core Trainee Year 2 in Psychiatry said: \u201cWhen I went to University in 2011 my peers were being paid up to 25% more than I\u2019m getting now.\u201d They are asking for a 35% pay increase [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/","og_site_name":"ShefNews","article_published_time":"2023-03-16T12:06:14+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/c5f5bda2a1049c0ed1db6ac302dece74"},"headline":"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d","datePublished":"2023-03-16T12:06:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/"},"wordCount":126,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Health"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/","url":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/","name":"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d - ShefNews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2023-03-16T12:06:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/c5f5bda2a1049c0ed1db6ac302dece74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/junior-doctors-strikes-this-is-a-last-resort\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Junior Doctor\u2019s Strikes: \u201cThis is a last resort\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/","name":"ShefNews","description":"Bringing you all the news from across Sheffield","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/c5f5bda2a1049c0ed1db6ac302dece74","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e57caa0e29909c4b22fcb41fe424a6e97a1d1d949d451ef70122707302d1d73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e57caa0e29909c4b22fcb41fe424a6e97a1d1d949d451ef70122707302d1d73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e57caa0e29909c4b22fcb41fe424a6e97a1d1d949d451ef70122707302d1d73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/mystifying-kepler.77-68-26-17.plesk.page"],"url":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/jo1admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}