Resident Doctors in the UK to Begin Five Consecutive Day Walkout Next Month

Doctors in England are set to begin a five-day strike in November, due to disputes regarding pay and employment.

Walkout Information

The British Medical Association (BMA) announced that junior physicians will walk out for five days in a row from November 14 at 7am to November 19 at 7am.

Junior physicians, who constitute nearly 50% of all doctors in the NHS, are taking this action after unsuccessful talks with the government.

Causes of the Walkout

Dr Jack Fletcher commented, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have spent the last week in talks with officials, urging the health secretary to resolve the crisis of unemployed physicians.”

“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 shifts in hospitals go unfilled. This cannot continue.”

He added, “We negotiated sincerely, keen for the health secretary to see that a deal offering solutions to slowly restore the cuts to pay over several years, providing newly trained doctors a raise of only £1 per hour for the next four years.”

“We hoped the government would see that our demands are not just fair but are in the interest of the public and our those we treat and would also help stop our physicians leaving the NHS.”

About Resident Doctors

Resident doctors have as much as eight years of experience practicing in hospitals, based on their field, or as many as three years in general practice.

More details are expected shortly.

Anne Thomas
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