🔗 Share this article Resident Doctors in the UK to Begin Five Consecutive Day Strike Next Month Medical professionals in England are set to stage a five-day strike in November, due to disputes regarding jobs and pay. Walkout Information The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that resident doctors will walk out for five days in a row from 7am on 14 November to November 19 at 7am. Junior physicians, who constitute nearly 50% of all doctors in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike after unsuccessful talks with the government. Reasons Behind the Strike The chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee stated, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have been negotiating for the past week with government, pressing the health secretary to end the scandal of doctors going unemployed.” “Our survey reveals 50% of second-year physicians in the UK are struggling to find jobs, their talents being unused whilst countless individuals wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts go unfilled. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He added, “We negotiated sincerely, keen for the health secretary to see that a deal including options to gradually reverse the cuts to pay over several years, giving recent graduates a pay increase of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.” “We trusted the authorities would recognize that our asks are not just fair but are in the best interests of the public and our those we treat and would also help prevent our doctors leaving the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Junior physicians have anywhere up to eight years’ experience practicing in hospitals, based on their field, or up to three years in primary care. Further information will follow shortly.