Doctors in England to strike for five days in November over pay and jobs row

"This is not where we wanted to be, Dr Jack Fletcher, chair of the BMA's resident doctors committee (RDC), said announcing the strikes."

"We have spent the last week in talks with Government, pressing the Health Secretary to end the scandal of doctors going unemployed, Dr Fletcher added."

"We know from our own survey half of second year doctors in England are struggling to find jobs, their skills going to waste whilst millions"

Resident doctors in England will strike for five consecutive days from 7am on November 14 to 7am on November 19. The British Medical Association reports doctors are becoming unemployed and many second-year doctors struggle to find posts. Hospital shifts are going unfilled and patients remain on waiting lists. Resident doctors make up around half of all doctors in the NHS. The BMA argues better pay and job security will prevent doctors leaving and stop trained skills going to waste. Recent talks with Government have sought to address doctors going unemployed.

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