🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in the UK to Stage Five-Day Strike Next Month Medical professionals in England are preparing to begin a five consecutive day walkout in November, in protest over pay and employment. Walkout Information The BMA announced that resident doctors will walk out for five consecutive days from 7am on 14 November to November 19 at 7am. Junior physicians, who make up nearly 50% of all medical staff in the NHS, are taking this action after failed negotiations with the government. Causes of the Walkout Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “We did not want to reach this point. We have spent the last week in talks with officials, urging the health minister to resolve the crisis of doctors going unemployed.” “Our survey reveals 50% of second-year physicians in England are struggling to find jobs, their skills going to waste whilst millions of patients endure long waits for care and hospital shifts remain vacant. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He added, “We negotiated sincerely, keen for the health secretary to understand that a deal including options to slowly restore the cuts to pay over a number of years, giving recent graduates a pay increase of just a pound an hour for the coming four years.” “We trusted the authorities would recognize that our demands are not just fair 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 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. More details are expected soon.