US EditionJunior Doctors' Five-Day Strike Set to Disrupt Hospital Services
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 22 – Resident doctors demand pay restoration amid a 20% real-terms pay cut since 2008 with 90% voting for strike action, causing NHS disruptions and appointment cancellations.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting has offered further talks with the British Medical Association on better working conditions if they call off this week's five-day strike by resident doctors .
- Many hospitals have delayed cancelling appointments while talks continue, but are expected to start doing so on Wednesday.
- The BMA says wages are still around 20% lower in real terms than in 2008 and are demanding "pay restoration".
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