2800 doctors to strike next month unless govt improves pay offer

Union members are pushing for a 30% pay raise over three years.
Bernadette Mulholland. Photo: SASMOA website.

Thousands of hospital doctors will strike for 24 hours next month unless the SA Government revises its offer of a 10% pay rise spread over three years.

The strike, scheduled for 30 July, would leave hospitals with public holiday levels of staffing, which would not risk patient safety but would likely delay elective surgeries, according to the SA Salaried Medical Officers Association (SASMOA).