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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Martin Belam

Friday briefing: Inside the dispute driving resident doctors back to the picket line

A group of resident doctors and supporters holding placards outside St Thomas’ hospital in London during a five-day strike in July 2025
Resident doctors on strike outside St Thomas’ hospital in London in July 2025. The long-running dispute is expected to escalate again. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Good morning. Earlier this week, my colleague Karen McVeigh asked readers to send in suggestions for topics they’d like First Edition to cover, and straight into our inbox were several people asking about the upcoming doctors’ strike in England.

Reader Fay asked: “I would like to see more about the coming strike and what it will mean for the NHS. With waiting lists so long and the likely impact on patients, what are the doctors’ justifications?”

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