🔗 Share this article Resident Physicians in the UK to Stage Five Consecutive Day Strike in November Medical professionals in England are set to begin a five consecutive day strike in November, in protest over pay and employment. Strike Details The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that resident doctors will strike for five consecutive days from 7am on 14 November to November 19 at 7am. Resident doctors, who make up about half of all medical staff in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike 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 officials, pressing the health minister to resolve the scandal of doctors going unemployed.” “Our survey reveals half of second-year doctors in the UK are struggling to find jobs, their skills going to waste whilst countless individuals wait endlessly for treatment and shifts in hospitals go unfilled. This cannot continue.” He added, “We negotiated sincerely, keen for the health secretary to understand that a agreement including options to gradually reverse the pay reductions over several years, providing recent graduates a raise of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.” “We trusted the government would recognize that our demands are not just fair but are in the interest of the public and our patients and would also help stop our doctors leaving the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Resident doctors have anywhere up to eight years’ experience working as a hospital doctor, depending on their specialty, or as many as three years in primary care. Further information will follow soon.