Militant union bosses orchestrating the carnage claim the medics - previously known as junior doctors - need a rise worth in excess of 29 per cent to make up for 17 years of 'pay erosion'.

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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