LONDON: Resident doctors in England on Tuesday started a six-day walkout after rejecting an offer the government said would not get better, with the British Medical Association saying it fell short of reversing years of pay erosion and staffing pressures. The strike action during the Easter holiday period is due to run until the morning of April 13 after a 48-hour ultimatum from Prime Minister Keir Starmer passed without agreement. The government has now withdrawn a pledge to fund 1,000 additional specialty training posts that it said had been contingent on the deal being accepted.

Withdrawal of additional speciality training roles amid strike deadlock has left some doctors with uncertain future

LONDON: Resident doctors in England on Tuesday started a six-day walkout after rejecting an offer the government said would not get better, with the British Medical Association…

Sir Jim Mackey said hospitals were struggling to fill rotas because six-day walkout was scheduled over holiday