Resident doctors in the NHS in England are planning to strike for five days later this month from 25 to 30 July, as they push for a 29% pay rise over the next few years.
The doctors’ union, the British Medical Association (BMA), says it will not accept a lower figure than 29% – because it says that’s the extent of the real-terms loss of earnings resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, have suffered since 2008.
