Ballot of junior doctors could result in 72-hour strike over pay, says BMA

The British Medical Association is balloting 45,000 junior doctors in England about whether or not they support the principle of strike action. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

Junior doctors in England will go on strike for 72 hours in March in protest about pay if their forthcoming ballot produces a majority for industrial action.

Their union, the British Medical Association (BMA), issued the warning as it claimed that junior doctors had suffered a “staggering and unjustifiable” 26.1% cut in their income since 2008.