🔗 Share this article Junior Physicians in the UK to Launch Five Consecutive Day Walkout in November Doctors in the UK are set to stage a five-day walkout next month, in protest over jobs and pay. Strike Details The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that resident doctors will strike for five days in a row from 7am on 14 November to November 19 at 7am. Resident doctors, who make up nearly 50% of all medical staff in the National Health Service, are taking this action after unsuccessful talks with the health department. Reasons Behind the Strike The chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee stated, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have spent the last week in talks with government, pressing the health minister to end the crisis of doctors going unemployed.” “We know from our own survey 50% of second-year physicians in the UK are facing unemployment, their talents being unused whilst millions of patients wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts remain vacant. This cannot continue.” He added, “We talked with the government in good faith, hoping the health secretary to understand that a deal offering solutions to slowly restore the pay reductions over several years, providing newly trained doctors a pay increase of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.” “We trusted the authorities would see that our asks are not just fair but are in the interest of the community and our patients and would also help prevent our doctors leaving the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Resident doctors have as much as eight years of experience working as a hospital doctor, depending on their specialty, or as many as three years in general practice. Further information are expected soon.