Resident Doctors in England to Launch Five-Day Strike Next Month

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

Strike Details

The BMA stated that resident doctors will strike for five consecutive days from November 14 at 7am to 7am on 19 November.

Junior physicians, who make up nearly 50% of all doctors in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the government.

Causes of the Walkout

Dr Jack Fletcher commented, “We did not want to reach this point. We have spent the last week in talks with government, urging the health minister to end the crisis of doctors going unemployed.”

“We know from our own survey half of second-year doctors in England are facing unemployment, their talents being unused whilst millions of patients wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts go unfilled. This cannot continue.”

He continued, “We negotiated sincerely, keen for the minister to understand that a deal including options to gradually reverse the pay reductions over several years, giving recent graduates a pay increase of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.”

“We trusted the authorities would see that our asks are not just fair but are in the best interests of the community and our those we treat and would also help stop our doctors leaving the health service.”

About Resident Doctors

Resident doctors have as much as eight years of experience practicing in hospitals, depending on their specialty, or as many as three years in primary care.

More details will follow shortly.