🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in the UK to Launch Five-Day Strike Next Month Medical professionals in England are preparing to begin a five-day walkout in November, in protest over jobs and pay. Strike Details The BMA stated that junior physicians will walk out for five consecutive days from November 14 at 7am to 7am on 19 November. Junior physicians, who make up about half of all doctors in the NHS, are taking this action after failed negotiations with the government. Reasons Behind the Strike Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have spent the last week in talks with government, pressing the health secretary to end the crisis of doctors going unemployed.” “Our survey reveals 50% of second-year physicians in the UK are facing unemployment, their skills going to waste whilst millions of patients wait endlessly for treatment and shifts in hospitals go unfilled. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He added, “We negotiated sincerely, hoping the minister to see that a agreement offering solutions to slowly restore the pay reductions over a number of years, providing recent graduates a raise of only £1 per hour for the next four years.” “We hoped the authorities would recognize that our asks are not just reasonable but are in the best interests of the public and our those we treat and would also help stop our physicians departing from the health service.” About Resident Doctors Junior physicians have anywhere up to eight years’ experience practicing in hospitals, based on their field, or up to three years in primary care. More details are expected shortly.