🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in England to Stage Five Consecutive Day Strike in November Medical professionals in the UK are preparing to stage a five consecutive day strike next month, due to disputes regarding pay and employment. Walkout Information The BMA stated that resident doctors will walk out for five consecutive days from 7am on 14 November to November 19 at 7am. Junior physicians, who constitute nearly 50% of all medical staff in the NHS, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the health department. Reasons Behind the Strike Dr Jack Fletcher commented, “We did not want to reach this point. We have been negotiating for the past week with government, pressing the health minister to end the scandal of doctors going unemployed.” “We know from our own survey half of second-year doctors in the UK are struggling to find jobs, 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 negotiated sincerely, hoping the minister to understand that a agreement including options to gradually reverse the cuts to pay over several years, providing recent graduates a pay increase of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.” “We hoped the authorities would see that our demands are not just fair but are in the interest of the community and our patients and would also help prevent our doctors leaving the health service.” About Resident Doctors Junior physicians have as much as eight years of experience practicing in hospitals, based on their field, or up to three years in primary care. Further information will follow soon.