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NHS doctors begin five-day strike amid staff cuts warning
The British Medical Association demands a 26% pay increase to offset inflation, amid warnings strikes could cost the NHS nearly £300 million and delay tens of thousands of treatments.
- Resident doctors across England will walk out from 7am on Friday, November 14 to 7am on Wednesday, November 19 in a national strike over pay, the British Medical Association said.
- Demanding a 26% uplift, the BMA says pay erosion prompted the dispute while Health Secretary Wes Streeting said doctors have seen a 28.9% average pay increase and he will not move further.
- Last time doctors struck, more than 54,000 procedures were canceled despite NHS maintaining 93% of planned activity, and trusts are told not to adopt the BMA's rate card of 188/250. Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust said: "Hospital services may be impacted but we are working hard to minimise disruption to patients."
- Patients face longer waits as tens of thousands of tests and operations are likely disrupted, and NHS leaders warn continued strikes could force cuts to frontline staff and services.
- The five-day action is the 13th walkout by doctors, and with flu already beginning to bite, leaders warn strikes risk leaving the National Health Service limping into winter.
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Doctors in England launch strike over pay and jobs
LONDON: Thousands of doctors in England began a five-day strike on Friday (Nov 14) over pay and training posts, the 13th walkout by medics since March 2023.Health Minister Wes Streeting condemned the strike by some resident doctors - who are below consultant level and make up half the medical workforce in hos
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