Five-day strike to start on Wednesday as Wes Streeting’s offer is rejected by BMA members in online ballot
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Resident doctors in England will strike as planned this week after they voted to reject the government’s latest offer to end the long-running pay and jobs dispute.
Resident – formerly junior – doctors will strike for five days starting on Wednesday after refusing to accept the deal in a survey by their union, the British Medical Association.
They voted against the deal, which the health secretary, Wes Streeting, proposed last week. It would have increased the number of training places to enable early-career doctors to start training in their chosen medical speciality but not increased their pay for the current financial year.
