Nicholas Pitto

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

No doctor working today is worth 21% less than in 2008.

A first year doctor working through the night to give life saving treatment to all our loved ones is worth more than £18.62/hour

All we are asking is they are paid £22.67/ hour.

It’s a bargain

@LidlGB @wesstreeting

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

If you are a doctor in South Thames and want the BMA to fight for you, then this is your team!

Voting is really quick and easy!
Do it now 🗳️

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

Less than 24 hours to vote in the BMA elections!

We’ve already supported drs regionally and nationally - fixing rotas & unfair leave policies, securing backpay & correct payslips, & challenging Trusts when they’ve got it wrong.

Please vote for our team: https://t.co/GUK9dWQ6sp

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

Support from the @ASLEFunion General Secretary and Chair of Labour Unions is a reminder of the solidarity that runs deep in the trade union movement.

Our ask is fair: move a fully qualified doctor from £18.62/hr to £22.67/hr over time.

That’s still modest for critical work.

[Vivek Trivedi @_VivekTrivedi]

Love it when politicians suggest these great novel ideas like a deal over a number of years/ a “multi year pay round”

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

There’s a scandal unfolding in the NHS.

Thousands of doctors are being locked out of training jobs; left unemployed, unable to become GPs or consultants.

All while patients wait months for care.

@wesstreeting knows this. So why is he refusing to act?
https://t.co/lTtmhcyrez

[BMA London @BMALondon]

🚨REGIONAL PICKET LINE INFO🚨

We have our 2nd @BMALondon regional picket line tomorrow in Wes’s back yard!

📍King George Hospital, Ilford
🗓️29th July 2025
⏰08:00-12:00

All doctors and supporters welcome! ✊🏼

Let’s tell Wes again.

How to find us in comments!👇🏼

[BMA South Thames Resident Doctors @SouthThamesRRDC]

The BMA survey on the speciality training numbers crisis closes today.

It is unacceptable that we have drs in the UK who are being locked out of speciality training.

Please take a few mins to fill in the survey so we can hold the Government to account;
https://t.co/OrYZvQzyIU

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@1brianmccarthy @KemiBadenoch Nope, no one is saying or implying that

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

Badenoch’s Paradox

Far too important to strike
But simultaneously not important enough to pay properly

Get a grip @KemiBadenoch

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Doctors hold lives in their hands. No one should lose critical healthcare because of strikes but that’s what’s happening now.

That’s why a Conservative government led by me would ban doctors’ strikes, just like we do the army and police.

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@WonPeople @njbirse @KemiBadenoch 🌶️

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@CollieTalking @KemiBadenoch Higher than average barriers to entry
Higher than average training
Higher than average responsibility
Higher than average working hours

Not comparable to national average salary

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch @NHS @BMAResidents Or, we can stand up for our pay which is what we are doing

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch @NHS @BMAResidents Not insatiable no. The pay rise we got takes us part way to restore our pay, I.e part of our ask.

What we are asking for is the rest of it, over a number of years. As we have been saying from the start. Our ask has never changed

Restore our pay, end the dispute.

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch @NHS @BMAResidents But the status quo is unsustainable.

The continued exodus of doctors from the NHS will only lead to much bigger problems down the line.

You can’t have an NHS without having enough doctors

A deal across several years is all it will take

[Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma]

Doctors' assistants are earning almost 47% more than a fully qualified doctor in London.

Even with full pay restoration, doctors would still be earning less than their assistants.

Paying doctors £22.67/hr would still be a bargain for this country.

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch @NHS @BMAResidents Again, it not about pay structure, it’s about real terms erosion of pay as seen here.

Nobody knew when applying for university our pay would drop this much in real terms.

Structure of pay is an entirely different question altogether and not what this dispute is about

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch @NHS @BMAResidents That’s not the point though.

It’s not personal pay erosion. It’s the ongoing trajectory of pay erosion the entire profession has seen.

If we don’t take a stand now it won’t stop, pay will fall further , more and more doctors will leave and then what will happen?

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch @NHS @BMAResidents 2019 FWIW

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch @NHS @BMAResidents This isn’t about pay structure, which is well known of course, no one is disputing that.

This is about pay erosion which was not known or predictable. More pay erosion than the rest of the public sector. Restore that over a number of years, that’s not unreasonable

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch @NHS After 2008, the point isn’t my personal pay. The point is the erosion of the entire professions pay.

Who will become doctors to work in the NHS if the pay continues to fall? How will you retain doctors?

What will happen to the NHS then?

[Nicholas Pitto @NicholasPitto]

@Wouldbescouse @KemiBadenoch Nobody knew when starting that in real terms we would face the biggest pay erosion of the entire public sector, no