🔗 Share this article Resident Physicians in England to Begin Five Consecutive Day Walkout in November Doctors in England are set to stage a five-day strike in November, in protest over jobs and pay. Strike Details The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that resident doctors will walk out for five consecutive days from November 14 at 7am to November 19 at 7am. Resident doctors, who make up nearly 50% of all medical staff in the NHS, are taking this action after unsuccessful talks with the health department. Reasons Behind the Strike Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “We did not want to reach this point. We have been negotiating for the past week with government, urging the health secretary to end the scandal of doctors going unemployed.” “We know from our own survey half of second-year doctors in England are struggling to find jobs, their talents being unused whilst millions of patients endure long waits for care and hospital shifts go unfilled. This cannot continue.” He continued, “We negotiated sincerely, keen for the health secretary to see that a deal offering solutions to slowly restore the pay reductions over a number of years, providing newly trained doctors a pay increase of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.” “We hoped the government would recognize that our asks are not just reasonable but are in the interest of the public and our those we treat and would also help stop our doctors leaving the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Junior physicians have anywhere up to eight years’ experience working as a hospital doctor, depending on their specialty, or up to three years in general practice. More details are expected shortly.