British Medical Association members back further action as part of long-running row over pay and jobs

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Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of continuing industrial action over the next six months, the British Medical Association has announced.

Ninety-three per cent of medics voted in favour of continuing industrial action in a new ballot. The turnout was 53%.

Dr Jack Fletcher, the chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee, said: “None of this needs to mean more strikes.