🔗 Share this article Junior Physicians in England to Stage Five-Day Strike in November Doctors in the UK are set to stage a five-day strike in November, due to disputes regarding pay and employment. Strike Details The BMA announced that resident doctors will walk out for five days in a row from 7am on 14 November to 7am on 19 November. Resident doctors, who make up nearly 50% of all medical staff in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the government. Causes of the Walkout Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have spent the last week in talks with officials, pressing the health secretary to resolve the crisis of doctors going unemployed.” “Our survey reveals half of second-year doctors in England are facing unemployment, their talents being unused whilst countless individuals endure long waits for care and hospital shifts go unfilled. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He continued, “We talked with the government in good faith, keen for the minister to see that a agreement including options to gradually reverse the pay reductions over a number of years, providing recent graduates a pay increase of just a pound an hour for the coming four years.” “We trusted the authorities would recognize that our asks are not just reasonable but are in the best interests of the community and our patients and would also help stop our physicians 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 up to three years in primary care. More details will follow soon.