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Daniel Keane

Junior doctors relying on food banks ‘question’ career choice as ballot on strike action launched

Junior doctors are voting on strike action over pay (Hannah McKay/PA)

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Junior doctors in London have resorted to using food banks, a union representative has claimed, as the British Medical Association launched a ballot of 45,000 medics.

Dr Arjan Nagra, chair of the BMA’s North Thames committee, said many junior doctors in the capital were “questioning the value” of continuing a medical career amid cost-of-living pressures and were actively looking to leave the profession.

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