Resident doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, BMA chair says

Resident doctors in England will strike later this month after being offered a 5.4% pay rise, which the government say will not be revisited. Photograph: Lankowsky/Alamy

Resident doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, reasonable and easily affordable for the NHS, the new leader of the medical profession has said.

Strikes to ensure resident – formerly junior – doctors in England get the full 29% could drag on for years, according to Dr Tom Dolphin, the British Medical Association’s new council chair.