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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dan Haygarth

Resident doctors say ‘the system is breaking’ as they begin five-day strike over jobs and pay row

Resident doctors claimed there is a sense that “the system is breaking” as they started a five-day strike in England due to an ongoing row over jobs and pay.

Doctors took to picket lines across the country on Wednesday morning as the British Medical Association (BMA) called for a “genuinely long-term plan” to raise pay for doctors, addressing years of below-inflation rises.

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