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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nadeem Badshah

Resident doctors begin five-day strike in latest walkout over pay

Reside doctors wearing orange hats and holding placards saying 'Pay restoration for doctors' and '£18.62/hour is not a fair wage for a resident doctor'
Resident doctors on strike in July. The BMA argues resident doctors need a 26% pay rise to restore their earnings, once inflation is taken into account. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Thousands of resident doctors have begun strike action across England in a dispute over pay.

The five-day action, which began at 7am on Friday, is the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023 and health leaders have warned that the NHS may have to cut frontline staff and offer fewer appointments and operations if the strikes continue.

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