The news is likely to prove deeply embarrassing for union leaders, who are demanding resident doctors - formerly known as junior doctors - receive a salary rise of 29 per cent to reverse 'pay erosion'.

The Royal College of Nursing today said its members have voted to reject the government's 3.6 per cent pay rise for 2025/26 in a landslide result.

The news is likely to prove deeply embarrassing for union leaders, who are demanding resident doctors - formerly known as junior doctors - receive a salary rise of 29 per cent to…

NHS England claimed 93pc of operations, tests and procedures went ahead despite five-day walkout