Dr Haseena Wazir
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Overworked, underpaid, and subjected to unnecessary hostility. An NHS doctor was prevented from accessing the ward kitchen for a simple glass of tap water. It’s no surprise so many doctors are leaving for countries where they’re valued, respected, and treated with basic dignity.
Dr Haseena Wazir2,121,678 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
Tomorrow I’m going out on strike as a Resident Doctor in England. I don’t take that decision lightly. I became a doctor to look after patients, not to walk away from work. But right now, I’m watching A&Es overflow, ambulances queue outside hospitals, and patients treated in corridors even on non strike days; while doctors who want to work in A&E are competing 14 to 1 for training places, and around 5 to 1 in GP. 30,000 doctors applied for 10,000 training jobs this year; thousands of future Consultants and GPs turned away due to Government imposed caps on training jobs. Doctors are ready to step in. The system isn’t letting them. On top of that, after years of pay erosion, Wes Streeting has recommended a real tents pay cut for doctors for the next financial year. These factors in combination makes it harder for doctors to stay, to train, and to build a future in the NHS. Wes Streeting’s offer doesn’t change this. The headline 4,000 jobs he announced are a cannibalisation of existing locally employed doctor jobs, so the total number of doctors doesn’t increase at all as a result of his offer. There’s also nothing on pay, despite assurances we were on a ‘journey’ to pay restoration last year. The BMA offered to meet Wes Streeting as soon as the November strikes ended. He ignored the BMA for weeks. Instead, a last-minute rushed offer arrived from him with less than 24 hours to respond. The BMA put it to resident doctors. Nearly 30,000 of them said it wasn’t good enough. For me, this is about jobs and pay together. You can’t reduce waiting lists without training doctors, and you can’t keep doctors in the NHS while cutting their pay in real terms. Tomorrow, I’ll be standing shoulder to shoulder with Resident Doctors across England on the picket lines; not because we want to strike, but because we need a solution from Wes Streeting that’s actually credible. That still remains within the Government’s gift to deliver.
Dr Haseena Wazir171,574 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Wes Streeting could’ve ended this dispute weeks ago by putting forward a credible offer. Instead, he refused to meaningfully negotiate. We’re asking for a doctor on £18.62/hr to move to £22.67/hr over time. That’s a fair ask for a highly skilled professional.
Dr Haseena Wazir195,002 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce
Doctors in England are now facing unemployment because of decisions being made in Westminster. This year, 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 NHS training jobs. Doctors need these posts to become the Consultants and GPs the NHS is crying out for; yet the Government has capped the number of places. The result? Thousands of hardworking, highly trained doctors pushed aside, even after years of hard work and sacrifice. Wes Streeting’s suggestion of bringing forward 1,000 extra training places for this year doesn’t even scratch the surface of a crisis this deep. This is one of the reasons why resident doctors will be back out on strike in December; and why we’re reballoting. Unemployed NHS doctors, while patients sometimes wait years for care. A system this broken won’t fix itself, so doctors are standing up to fix it.
Dr Haseena Wazir103,057 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Labour brought in tuition fees. The Conservatives tripled them. The result is a generation of doctors starting work with £100,000+ of debt hanging over them. Interest rates are so high on Plan 2 loans that balances can grow even while repayments are being made. I went to state school. I was the first from my family to study medicine. I graduated with around £75,000 of student debt. I’ve been paying it back for years. Despite that, I now owe around £90,000 due to astronomically high interest rates on the Plan 2 loans. That is not a system built on fairness. It is a system that traps people in decades of repayments for choosing a public service profession. Medicine already demands years of training, antisocial hours, and delayed earning potential. Adding six figure debt on top of that tilts the scales even further against anyone without a privileged financial background. If you come from a working-class background, the message is clear: you can come in, but you will carry the financial burden for decades. This policy restricts social mobility. It entrenches inequality. And it weighs down an entire generation of graduates before their careers have even properly begun. The system must change.
Dr Haseena Wazir66,787 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
Wes Streeting said he’s responsible for long ambulance waits and the lack of GP appointments. What he failed to mention is that he is also responsible for 20,000 NHS doctors potentially being out of a speciality training job this August and being unable to become consultants/GPs. This is because training posts are being centrally restricted by the government. Wes Streeting says he wants to increase efficiency, yet we have UK doctors out of work. This is a waste of taxpayers money. Why is the government not addressing this?
Dr Haseena Wazir186,410 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
Thousands of doctors who could be cutting NHS waiting lists are being turned away; not because they aren’t needed, but because the Government caps how many can train to become Consultants/GPs. This year 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 training jobs. Highly trained doctors who want to stay in the NHS are being blocked from progressing, and some are being forced out altogether. That means fewer doctors in hospitals and GP practices, and longer waits for patients. The public feels the impact of this every day: longer waits, overstretched services, and fewer doctors available when you need them. Despite this, the Government’s plan is to bring forward only 1,000 extra training places; far below what’s needed to meet public demand or build up the workforce. On top of the jobs crisis, the Government has recommended a real terms pay cut rather than continuing the journey towards pay restoration. Those two factors together are why resident doctors were forced to strike again, and why we are now reballoting all grades of resident doctors from the 8th of December to the 2nd of February. Doctors: update your BMA account details (workplace, home address, training grade etc) to ensure you receive your postal ballot: 👉 Vote YES for jobs and pay. If we cannot recruit and retain NHS doctors, patients will be the ones who feel the impact. That is the reality the Government still refuses to address.
Dr Haseena Wazir90,191 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Liz waited 6 weeks for her scan results. In November 2025 she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Sadly, Liz’s case isn’t rare. From January to September 2025, more than 700,000 scan results were not given to patients within the recommended 28 days. One reason for this is a shortage of radiologists. These are specialist doctors who read and report scans and give patients their diagnosis. But here’s the part most people don’t know. The Government controls how many doctors are allowed to train to become specialists. In 2025, 4,011 doctors applied for just 356 radiology training jobs. Thousands of doctors were turned away from training to diagnose cancer and other serious illnesses. Just this week, Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer removed 1,000 additional NHS specialist training jobs after doctors refused to accept the Government’s terms. So while patients wait longer and longer for diagnoses and treatment, the Government is actively reducing the number of potential future specialists. When your scan result is delayed, when you wait weeks for a GP appointment, when you wait years for surgery, it’s not because doctors don’t want to help you. One of the reasons is because the Government is limiting the number of doctors the NHS is allowed to train.
Dr Haseena Wazir40,920 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
As a resident doctor in England, I’ll be back on strike tomorrow - and I want to be clear about why. We have NHS doctors who want to serve patients, who trained for years, who are being pushed into unemployment on top of Government caps on how many doctors can train to become Consultants or GPs. That means fewer doctors for your A&E, your GP surgery, your hospital wards. At the same time, Wes Streeting is recommending a real terms pay cut next year, on top of the 20% pay erosion we’ve already taken. It’s getting harder to keep doctors in the NHS; and patients feel that every day through longer waits. We’re striking because the current system fails patients and leaves skilled NHS doctors on the sidelines. Wes Streeting could end the strikes right now by putting forward a credible offer. Until then, I’ll be on the picket lines with Resident Doctors; because standing up for doctors is standing up for the public too. #payrestoration #endtrainingcrisis
Dr Haseena Wazir88,464 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
Physician Associates are being renamed to Physician Assistants because the public was confused about their role. But here’s what’s truly confusing: A physician assistant now starts on a salary that’s nearly £10,000 more than a fully qualified doctor. Read that again. Doctors - who train for years, take on legal responsibility, make life or death decisions; are being paid less than the people assisting them. Even if doctors won full pay restoration tomorrow, they still wouldn’t be on equal footing. Wes Streeting, how on earth is that acceptable? Doctors are leaving. The NHS is haemorrhaging staff. Patients are waiting longer for their appointments because this Government refuses to fix pay and value and retain doctors. Is it any surprise doctors are striking?
Dr Haseena Wazir122,158 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
That doctor you saw at 7pm on a Friday in hospital? They were paid £18.62/hr; for CPR, giving critical treatments, making life or death decisions for your loved ones. They’re asking for £22.67/hr. A bargain for a fully qualified dr. Wes Streeting thinks that’s unreasonable.
Dr Haseena Wazir122,852 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
Wes Streeting would rather spend £250 million covering the cost of strikes than take real action to get unemployed doctors back to work. Thousands of doctors are sitting at home unable to progress because of government caps on speciality training places, the only route to becoming your Consultant or GP. All while patients wait years in pain for surgery and A&Es overflow. He’s offered just 1,000 extra speciality training places over three years, when this year alone there were 20,000 more applications than spaces. Wes Streeting could get unemployed doctors back into the NHS today. He could shorten waiting lists and ease the crisis. He’s choosing not to. How can a Health Secretary deny the public more doctors and still claim to protect the NHS?
Dr Haseena Wazir85,731 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
A fully qualified doctor earns just £18.62/hr. A physician assistant can earn £24+/hr in their first year. More money. Less training. Less responsibility. And Wes Streeting thinks drs should just accept this? You don’t fix the NHS by devaluing drs. You fix it by restoring pay.
Dr Haseena Wazir105,467 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
As resident doctors return to work following the end of strike action, attention must return to the workforce issues that led doctors to take action in the first place. England is facing a serious jobs crisis for doctors. 40,000 doctors applied for 10,000 training jobs this year. In emergency medicine, there are now 14 doctors competing for every single A&E training job. In general practice, competition ratios are 5 to 1. NHS doctors who want to work, train and progress are being blocked from doing so, while patients experience long A&E waits and increasing difficulty accessing GP appointments. Alongside this sits the issue of pay. Doctors have faced years of real-terms pay cuts and sustained pay erosion, despite rising workload, responsibility and intensity of work. Wes Streeting has even recommended a real terms pay cut for next year. These are fundamental workforce issues that affect retention, morale and patient care. Against this backdrop, it has been disappointing to see senior politicians including Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer resort to dismissive language, describing highly trained medical professionals as “moaning minnies”, “juvenile delinquents” and “utterly irresponsible”, rather than engaging with these realities and with resident doctors on the ground. This type of rhetoric from the Government will not resolve the jobs or pay crises. Doctors can see through political spin and gaslighting. The BMA’s door remains open. Wes Streeting must now engage constructively, negotiate in good faith, and focus on delivering credible solutions on jobs and pay.
Dr Haseena Wazir56,215 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Tens of thousands of resident doctors in England stood up for our profession today, and I’m proud to be part of such a strong and united workforce. 83% of resident doctors voted NO to Wes Streeting’s offer, and I was one of them. After months to come back with something credible, what we were given was a rushed, last-minute deal that failed to fix the unemployment crisis and did nothing to move us closer to pay restoration. Instead, doctors are now being asked to take on a real-terms pay cut next year. Wes Streeting says he wants to build bridges, yet spends his time calling doctors “juvenile delinquents” and “moaning minnies”. So my message to Wes Streeting is this: stop the gaslighting. You have had months to produce something actually credible. Bring a serious offer on jobs and pay to the table. We are not going away. You will not split doctors from our union - we *are* the BMA. As you said in opposition, the power to stop these strikes lies squarely with the Government. Time to start acting like it.
Dr Haseena Wazir53,271 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
While patients wait years for surgery and weeks to see their GP, doctors in England are facing unemployment. This year, 40,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 NHS training jobs. Without these jobs, doctors cannot progress to become Consultants or GPs. This is not an accident. The Government has capped training posts, forcing qualified doctors into unemployment or out of the NHS altogether. At the same time, Wes Streeting is recommending a real terms pay cut for doctors in the coming months. The combination of a worsening jobs crisis and continued pay erosion is why resident doctors in England are being re-balloted. Resident doctors in England: Post your ballot back on jobs and pay now. The last safe date to post is 26th January. No ballot yet? Request a replacement by 19th January:
Dr Haseena Wazir45,867 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
I’m a resident doctor and I’ll be going out on strike from April 7th. Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer have removed 1,000 extra NHS specialist training jobs; a decision that means fewer potential consultants and GPs, and potentially longer waits for patients in the future. This not only harms doctors, it harms the public and the NHS as a whole. But this isn’t just about those 1,000 posts. It’s also about the bigger picture and what it symbolises. Doctors’ pay has been cut in real terms for over a decade, and resident doctors are still earning 21% less in real terms than a doctor in 2008. There are now far more doctors than speciality training posts, so thousands of doctors can’t progress in their careers to become specialists even though the NHS desperately needs more of them. Last year around 40,000 doctors applied for about 10,000 specialist training posts. Instead of expanding speciality training posts to tackle waiting lists, the number of potential future specialists is being reduced by this Labour Government. At the same time, during negotiations, the Government reduced the investment that had been discussed and spread it over three years instead. So we’re in a situation where pay is still down in real terms, training bottlenecks are rife across the NHS, and the number of potential future specialists is being reduced. That’s why I’m going out on strike with Resident Doctors.
Dr Haseena Wazir24,026 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
There’s a reason it takes weeks to see your GP & years to get your surgery. The UK is an under-doctored country; yet thousands of doctors are being blocked from progressing to become Consultants & GPs because the Government has artificially capped the number of speciality training posts. In 2025 alone, there were 20,000 more applicants than there were training spaces. Doctors are ready to care for patients; but they are left waiting, unemployed, or even forced abroad. We are short of NHS doctors yet we’re still not employing the ones we already have. This is the result of years of catastrophically bad workforce planning. Wes Streeting’s proposed plan for 1,000 extra speciality training posts over three years barely scratches the surface of the crisis. If he’s serious about fixing the NHS, he must address this head on. Until then, both doctors and patients will keep paying the price.
Dr Haseena Wazir60,299 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
On the picket line yesterday with Dr Aadam Aziz, Jeremy Kyle looked at us and said people had “A lot of them look like they’ve come into this country to be doctors in the first place’’ judging by our skin colour. I was born here. I’ve given 6 years of my life to the NHS as a doctor. And still I’m made to feel like I don’t belong. This type of racist rhetoric has no place in our society in 2026. Unfortunately for the racists, I’m not going anywhere.
Dr Haseena Wazir21,939 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
While patients wait years for surgery and months to see a specialist, Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer are threatening to cut the number of NHS specialist doctor training jobs. Most people don’t realise this, but doctors can’t just become Consultants, Surgeons or GPs on their own. They have to get a speciality training job first. These jobs are controlled and capped by the Government. So when the Government talks about cutting speciality training jobs, what they are really talking about is cutting the number of future specialist doctors in this country. At a time when the NHS already doesn’t have enough doctors. At a time when waiting lists are in the millions. At a time when patients are waiting months just to see a specialist and years for operations. Cutting the number of specialist training jobs will not fix the NHS. It will make waiting lists longer. It will make it harder to see a doctor. It will make the NHS worse for patients. Threatening to reduce the number of future doctors while patients are already struggling to access care is not just a deliberate workforce policy decision. It is a direct threat to the NHS and to the public who rely on it, coming from a ‘Labour’ Government.
Dr Haseena Wazir23,143 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce