🔗 Share this article Junior Physicians in England to Begin Five Consecutive Day Strike Next Month Doctors in the UK are set to stage a five consecutive day walkout next month, due to disputes regarding jobs and pay. Strike Details The BMA stated that junior physicians will walk out for five consecutive days from November 14 at 7am to 7am on 19 November. Junior physicians, who constitute about half of all doctors in the NHS, are taking this action after unsuccessful talks with the health department. 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, urging the health minister to end the scandal of unemployed physicians.” “We know from our own survey half of second-year doctors in the UK are facing unemployment, their talents being unused whilst millions of patients wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts go unfilled. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He added, “We negotiated sincerely, hoping the minister to see that a deal including options to gradually reverse the cuts to pay over a number of years, providing newly trained doctors a raise of just a pound an hour for the coming four years.” “We hoped the government would recognize that our demands are not just reasonable but are in the interest of the community and our patients and would also help prevent our physicians departing from the health service.” About Resident Doctors Resident doctors have as much as eight years of experience working as a hospital doctor, depending on their specialty, or up to three years in general practice. More details will follow soon.