US EditionStreeting urges doctors to vote no in strike ballot
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting urged resident doctors in England to vote no in the strike ballot running until 7 July 2025.
- The call followed a government pay offer averaging 4% for most doctors and a 5.4% rise including topping up for resident doctors, amid ongoing disputes over past pay erosion.
- Since 2022, resident doctors represented by the BMA have participated in 11 strikes in response to pay that has decreased by 23% in real terms since 2008, despite recent salary increases.
- Streeting warned strikes could jeopardize NHS recovery efforts, with nearly 1.5 million canceled appointments previously linked to walkouts, and said pay increases cannot wait for better NHS conditions or finances.
- The dispute suggests prolonged tension over pay restoration, with unions urging strike votes to force faster action while the government stresses limited room for further increases.
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BMA doctor pay demands 'exasperate' Labour - as threat of strikes looms
The threat of fresh strike action by doctors has left the Government “exasperated” because of the efforts made to boost their pay since Labour came to power, insiders have said.Ballot papers for renewed walkouts were sent out to resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, by the British Medical Association (BMA) on Tuesday.The ballot is in response to the Government’s pay offer of 4 per cent for most doctors, which the BMA has describe…
Resident doctors across England receive ballots for industrial action following 4 per cent pay rise
Resident doctors in England, formerly known as junior doctors, have started receiving ballots for renewed industrial action following criticism of the Government’s recent pay rise offer.
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Resident doctors in England start receiving ballots for industrial action
It comes after ministers announced last week that most doctors would receive a 4% pay rise.
Streeting urges doctors to reject strike action in NHS ballot
HEALTH SECRETARY Wes Streeting has called on doctors in England to vote no in a ballot on industrial action that starts on Tuesday.In a BBC interview, he urged resident doctors to work with the government and warned that strikes would hamper NHS progress.Streeting said it was in no-one's interests for strikes to take place. Last week, it was announced that resident doctors would receive a 5.4 per cent average pay rise this year, higher than othe…
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