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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Junior doctors seeking almost 30% pay rise to avoid more strike action

Doctors in England are demanding a massive 29 per cent pay uplift to end the ongoing cycle of strikes that has caused “so much harm to patients and the wider healthcare system”.

Resident doctors in England, formerly known as junior doctors, have started receiving ballots for renewed industrial action following criticism of the government’s recent pay rise offer.

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