Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleResident doctors from the British Medical Association are due to begin a five-day walkout on Friday in a dispute over pay, marking their 12th strike since March 2023. Professor Tim Briggs, NHS England national director, warned that the industrial action will harm patients, stressing doctors' primary duty to patient care. While the BMA cites pay as the reason, Professor Briggs suggested resident doctors' concerns are more focused on non-pay factors such as rotas, training bottlenecks, and funding for courses. NHS England plans to cover emergency services and some elective care, but the BMA argues this could put patients at risk as senior doctors cannot cover both emergency and routine demands. NHS England has advised the public to use 111 online for non-emergencies during the strike.In full‘This strike will harm patients’: Top NHS official’s stark warning as BMA doctors set for five-day walkoutThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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Resident doctors from the British Medical Association are due to walk out at 7am on Friday in a row over pay

Health secretary Wes Streeting says BMA has left ‘damage at the NHS’ door’

Members of the public have been urged to come forward for NHS care during the walkout, and are being asked to attend appointments unless told they are cancelled.

Negotiations broke down between the BMA and the government, as the union was accused of rushing into action

Up to 50,000 doctors stage five days of action from 7am on 25 July to 7am on 30 July after pay talks break down

Hospital doctors in England began a five-day strike in a long-running dispute over pay, but the National Health Service vowed to keep disruption to a minimum.

Hospitals in England battle to keep both emergency and non-urgent work going in five-day walkout.

Thousands of resident doctors are on strike until Wednesday at 7am