🔗 Share this article Resident Physicians in England to Launch Five-Day Strike Next Month Medical professionals in England are set to stage a five consecutive day strike in November, due to disputes regarding pay and employment. Walkout Information The BMA announced 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 make up nearly 50% of all doctors in the NHS, are taking this action after failed negotiations with the health department. Reasons Behind the Strike The chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee commented, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have been negotiating for the past week with officials, urging the health minister to end the scandal of doctors going unemployed.” “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 remain vacant. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He continued, “We talked with the government in good faith, hoping the minister to understand that a agreement offering solutions to slowly restore the cuts to pay over a number of years, giving newly trained doctors a pay increase of just a pound an hour for the next four years.” “We hoped the authorities would recognize that our demands are not just fair but are in the best interests of the public and our those we treat and would also help prevent our physicians leaving the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Junior physicians have as much as eight years of experience working as a hospital doctor, based on their field, or as many as three years in general practice. More details will follow shortly.