🔗 Share this article Resident Physicians in England to Begin Five Consecutive Day Walkout Next Month Doctors in the UK are set to begin a five-day walkout next month, in protest over pay and employment. Strike Details The BMA stated 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 constitute about half of all doctors in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the health department. 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, pressing the health minister to resolve the crisis of doctors going unemployed.” “We know from our own survey 50% of second-year physicians in England are facing unemployment, their talents being unused whilst countless individuals wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts go unfilled. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He continued, “We talked with the government in good faith, keen for the health secretary to understand that a deal offering solutions to gradually reverse the pay reductions over several years, giving newly trained doctors a raise of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.” “We hoped the authorities would see that our asks are not just reasonable but are in the interest of the community and our patients and would also help prevent our doctors leaving the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Resident doctors have as much as eight years of experience working as a hospital doctor, depending on their specialty, or as many as three years in primary care. More details will follow soon.