Striking NHS doctors are wielding misleading statistics to justify their eye-watering pay demands, analysis suggests.
In pursuit of salary hikes worth up to £20,000, resident doctors will bring hospitals to a standstill from Friday as they walkout for five consecutive days.
Militant union bosses orchestrating the carnage claim the medics – previously known as junior doctors – need a rise worth in excess of 29 per cent to make up for 17 years of 'pay erosion'.
This is on top of the average 28.9 per cent awarded to resident doctors over the last three years, including an inflation-busting hike this year of 5.4 per cent – the most generous in the public sector.
British Medical Association (BMA) bosses argue this is not enough.
