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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Resident doctors in England to strike from 25 July

Staff on an NHS hospital ward
Staff on an NHS hospital ward. ‘We have no choice but to call strikes,’ said the British Medical Association. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Media

Resident doctors in England will strike for five days later this month in their campaign for a 29% pay rise. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, denounced the move as “completely unreasonable”.

Resident doctors – formerly known as junior doctors – working in the NHS will withdraw their labour from 7am on Friday 25 July and not return until 7am the following Wednesday.

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