US EditionResident doctors vote to strike in England
ENGLAND, JUL 8 – Resident doctors demand a 29% pay increase to restore 2008 real-term wages with 90% voting for strikes amid ongoing disputes and 11 previous walkouts since 2022.
- The British Medical Association closed its strike ballot on Monday with 55% turnout, where over 90% of votes cast supported strike action by resident doctors in England.
- After extensive discussions, the vote took place amid an ongoing dispute over declining real-terms pay since 2008, with the BMA seeking a 29.2% increase to restore previous pay levels.
- Approximately 77,000 resident doctors working in hospitals and GP practices have organized 11 separate strike actions since 2022, leading NHS England to estimate that nearly 1.5 million appointments were either cancelled or rearranged.
- Despite a pay deal last year averaging 22.3% over two years and a 2025/26 uplift of 5.4%, the government states it cannot be more generous this year and refuses to reopen pay talks, while the BMA asserts doctors remain a fifth worse off than in 2008.
- The strike vote raises concerns of significant disruption to NHS services through the summer, threatening the government's target to reduce treatment waiting lists and prompting calls for renewed constructive talks to avoid patient harm.
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Junior Doctors to Strike Until January 2026 to Demand 29% Pay Rise – Despite Receiving 22% Last Year – The Daily Sceptic
Junior doctors have voted to strike until January 2026 to demand a 29% pay rise, despite receiving a 22% rise last year, in a move that will see thousands of NHS appointments and operations cancelled.
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