The National Health Service (NHS) is facing the immediate threat of a new, highly disruptive wave of strike action after first-year resident doctors in England delivered a massive mandate for industrial action.
The vote for the strike focuses not just on the ongoing pay dispute, but on a shocking row over job security and employment prospects for new medical graduates. This development significantly escalates the ongoing crisis in the health service, as future doctors feel they have no option left but to walk out.
