US EditionLetters: Doctors will leave if they're not paid
- The British Medical Association announced a strike ballot for resident doctors in England from May 27 to July 7, 2025, over pay disputes.
- This action follows Health Secretary Wes Streeting's refusal to commit to negotiating a fair pay deal restoring doctors' earnings to 2008 levels by 2027, as demanded by the BMA.
- Resident doctors' real pay has fallen by 22.3% since 2008/2009, and the previous pay deal, ending 18 months of strikes, included an average 22.3% rise over two years.
- BMA leaders Dr. Melissa Ryan and Dr. Ross Nieuwoudt said that if Wes Streeting had committed to discussing a reasonable agreement aimed at restoring pay by 2027, a ballot could have been prevented; however, he declined to make such a commitment.
- If industrial action proceeds, it could disrupt NHS services significantly, signaling that resident doctors insist on full pay restoration and recognition of their value to patients and the NHS.
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The Scottish SunJunior doctors set to strike again & cripple hospitals despite 22% pay rise
JUNIOR doctors are set to go on strike again — despite a 22 per cent pay rise last year. Union chiefs will ballot thousands of their members later this month. GettyThe BMA said that Health Secretary Wes Streeting refused to meet demands for another pay rise[/caption] A fresh round of walkouts could cripple NHS hospitals as soon as July and last until 2026. Yesterday the British Medical Association said that Health Secretary Wes Streeting refused…
Doctors have tense meeting with Wes Streeting and call vote to go on strike again over pay - The Mirror
The British Medical Association is balloting resident doctors in England over possible strike action after leaving a meeting today with Health Secretary Wes Streeting
BMA Ballots Junior Doctors for Strike Action
The BMA will ballot resident doctors (junior doctors) for strike action from 27 May to 7 July. The doctors’ and dentists’ pay review body published its recommendations after a delay… The union’s resident doctors’ committee says: “Today we met with Wes Streeting and made clear that all he would have to do to avoid the need for a ballot was pledge to negotiate a fair deal that moved us toward pay restoration by 2027, in line with existing BMA poli…
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