🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in the UK to Begin Five-Day Strike in November Medical professionals in the UK are set to stage a five-day walkout next month, due to disputes regarding jobs and pay. Strike Details The BMA announced that junior physicians will strike for five consecutive days from 7am on 14 November to 7am on 19 November. Resident doctors, who constitute nearly 50% of all doctors in the National Health Service, are taking this action after failed negotiations with the government. Reasons Behind the Strike Dr Jack Fletcher commented, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have spent the last week in talks with officials, urging the health secretary to resolve the scandal of doctors going unemployed.” “We know from our own survey 50% of second-year physicians in England are struggling to find jobs, their skills going to waste whilst countless individuals endure long waits for care and shifts in hospitals go unfilled. This cannot continue.” He continued, “We negotiated sincerely, hoping the health secretary to see that a agreement offering solutions to slowly restore the pay reductions over several years, giving newly trained doctors a raise of only £1 per hour for the next 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 stop our doctors leaving the health service.” 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 general practice. Further information will follow soon.