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Even when Khnschur hiew the lid on draw the money. Borhara Castle's fairly mild proposals over the payment of hospital consultants has caused consternation and frenzy in the top-paid ranks The suggestion that those working fall-zime inside the NHS shauld be better paid and their terms of employment improved is seen by the well off part-rime consultants as an attack on their privileges. Coupled with the threat of the complete abolition of pay-beds they see this us weakening their caring power, which is based on parasiting on the NHS.
Once private boils aro abolished the must important reason for people using private consultants will moat or less dis appear as they will find it far more dire cult to put their patients at the top of the queue. Nor will they be able te use the resources of the NiS to trut their Determined to stick to their privileges and wax fat at tho oxpense of the Health Service the BMA has been rally ing the ranks. The December issue of BMA New boasts that: "The BMA sanctions plan aguinst the govemment is moving forward inexorbly and claims that the BMA has now set up emplaymell ziencies in "ve centres. The BMa has circulated all its members, whethur tcy are consultants or not, with a form asking them to resign from the NHS and opente through the BMA employment At the same tithe the BMA has dis covered a 'now sympathy" with the Junior doctors many or whom worl an cighty-hour week far a take-home pay of around E120 a month.
This challenge to the NItS must be met and broken. Clearly the junior doctors have an excellent case and the procoastinations of the Government in deal ing with their claim can only help che Furthermore the threat of the coor saltants can only be effectively met by duties - which in practice many of thoms already do, while the consultants BMA News-bown thai lie enction plan against the govemment is moving forward inexorably The employment agencies being set up by the BMA should be blacked by all henith workers and other trade unionists These latest noves from the consult ants must bo met not only by banning immediately all pay beds in hospitals our by exteading the han on private Practice puside the NHS This mea that other trade unionists bare to give their support to those workers in the NuS fighting the consultants blackmail. ING heelth workers