🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in the UK to Launch Five Consecutive Day Walkout Next Month Medical professionals in England are set to begin a five-day walkout in November, due to disputes regarding pay and employment. Strike Details The British Medical Association (BMA) announced that resident doctors will strike for five consecutive days from 7am on 14 November to 7am on 19 November. Junior physicians, who make up about half of all medical staff in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike after unsuccessful talks with the government. Causes of the Walkout Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have been negotiating for the past week with officials, pressing the health minister to resolve the scandal of unemployed physicians.” “Our survey reveals half of second-year doctors in England are struggling to find jobs, their talents being unused whilst millions of patients 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 see that a agreement including options to gradually reverse the cuts to pay over several years, giving newly trained doctors a raise of just a pound an hour for the coming four years.” “We trusted the government would see that our demands are not just reasonable but are in the best interests of the community and our those we treat and would also help prevent our physicians departing from the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Junior physicians have as much as eight years of experience practicing in hospitals, depending on their specialty, or up to three years in primary care. Further information are expected soon.