🔗 Share this article Resident Doctors in England to Begin Five Consecutive Day Walkout Next Month Medical professionals in the UK are preparing to begin a five consecutive day strike in November, in protest over jobs and pay. Strike Details The BMA announced that resident doctors will walk out for five days in a row from 7am on 14 November to 7am on 19 November. Resident doctors, who make up nearly 50% of all medical staff in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the health department. Reasons Behind the Strike The chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee stated, “We did not want to reach this point. We have spent the last week in talks with officials, pressing the health secretary to end the scandal of unemployed physicians.” “Our survey reveals half of second-year doctors in the UK are struggling to find jobs, their talents being unused whilst millions of patients wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts go unfilled. This cannot continue.” He continued, “We negotiated sincerely, hoping the minister to see that a deal including options to gradually reverse the pay reductions over a number of years, giving newly trained doctors a raise of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.” “We trusted 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 stop our doctors departing from the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Resident doctors 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 are expected soon.