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

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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

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…

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.

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