Militant resident doctors today fire the starting gun on a Labour 'summer of discontent' by launching a strike ballot over NHS pay.
The British Medical Association is urging members to support up to six months of walkouts, with fears other public sector workers could follow.
The medics – previously known as 'junior doctors' – are threatening to disrupt patient care despite seeing their pay jump by 28.9 per cent in just three years.
They have crippled services by taking industrial action 11 times since 2022, forcing health bosses to cancel an estimated 1.5 million appointments.
It threatens to bring further misery for Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who would have to raise taxes or cut services to meet the pay demands.
