Resident Doctors in England to Stage Five Consecutive Day Strike in November

Medical professionals in England are preparing to begin a five-day walkout next month, due to disputes regarding jobs and pay.

Walkout Information

The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that resident doctors will strike for five consecutive days from 7am on 14 November to 7am on 19 November.

Resident doctors, who make up about half of all medical staff in the NHS, are taking this action after failed negotiations with the government.

Causes of the Walkout

The chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee stated, “We did not want to reach this point. We have spent the last week in talks with government, urging the health minister to resolve the scandal of doctors going unemployed.”

“Our survey reveals 50% of second-year physicians in England are struggling to find jobs, their skills going to waste whilst countless individuals wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts remain vacant. This cannot continue.”

He continued, “We talked with the government in good faith, keen for the minister to understand that a agreement offering solutions to slowly restore the cuts to pay over a number of years, giving recent graduates a pay increase of only £1 per hour for the next four years.”

“We hoped the government would see that our asks are not just reasonable but are in the interest of the public and our patients and would also help prevent our physicians leaving the NHS.”

Who Are Resident Physicians?

Resident doctors have anywhere up to eight years’ experience working as a hospital doctor, depending on their specialty, or up to three years in primary care.

More details are expected soon.

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