🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in the UK to Begin Five-Day Strike in November Doctors in the UK are preparing to stage a five-day walkout in November, in protest over jobs and pay. Strike Details The BMA stated that junior physicians will walk out for five consecutive days from November 14 at 7am to November 19 at 7am. Resident doctors, who constitute 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 Dr Jack Fletcher commented, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have been negotiating for the past week with officials, urging the health minister to resolve the crisis of unemployed physicians.” “We know from our own survey 50% of second-year physicians in the UK are facing unemployment, their skills going to waste whilst countless individuals wait endlessly for treatment and shifts in hospitals remain vacant. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He continued, “We talked with the government in good faith, keen for the minister to see that a agreement offering solutions to gradually reverse the pay reductions over a number of years, providing newly trained doctors a raise of only £1 per hour for the next four years.” “We hoped the government would recognize that our asks 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 departing from the health service.” About Resident Doctors Resident doctors have anywhere up to eight years’ experience practicing in hospitals, depending on their specialty, or up to three years in general practice. Further information will follow soon.