Junior doctors’ union asks Acas to help end strikes deadlock Conciliation service urged to look for ways to end logjam with government over demand for 35% pay rise The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023
Junior doctors defend ‘plonker’ union leader for being on holiday during strike Dr Robert Laurenson, co-chairman of the British Medical Association’s junior doctor committee, is attending a family friend’s wedding The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Junior doctors’ strike enters second day The action comes after hospital bosses expressed concern for overnight cover for junior doctor shifts. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Doctors' strike could drag on for a year if Government refuses to budge, NHS bosses warn Around 60,000 junior doctors walked out yesterday and will not return until 7am at Saturday, making it the most disruptive strike in NHS history Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023
The Mancunian Way: Blurring the lines What does disruption in the theatre mean for staff and audiences? PLUS The longest doctors’ strike in history Manchester Evening News · Apr 11, 2023
Junior doctor strikes: Hospital leaders ‘worried’ about overnight care The bitter row over pay between the Government and junior doctors shows no sign of being resolved. The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023
Sunak tells striking doctors: Withdraw your ‘unreasonable’ 35% pay demand if you want a deal Former health minister Lord Bethall said doctors’ actions were ‘bonkers’ as four-day walkout begins The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023
Analysis: Why are junior doctors striking and will the dispute be resolved? Strikes are likely to continue with no prospect of talks in sight - leaving patients facing further disruption Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2023
Understaffed and underpaid - now patients are at risk: 'I'm a junior doctor and this is why I'm striking' 'It's sad it has come to this. But the NHS has been on its knees for a long, long time now' Manchester Evening News · Apr 11, 2023
Barclay slams ‘regrettable’ four-day strike by junior doctors in bitter pay row The Health Secretary said the walkouts have ‘clearly been timed to have an impact on patients’. The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023
Junior doctors’ strike: what are the risks? Junior doctors in the UK have begun a four-day strike over pay in what could be the most disruptive industrial action taken by healthcare workers yet. The Week · Apr 11, 2023
Junior doctors’ strike: hospitals ‘worried about overnight patient safety’ Bosses say they are concerned because of a shortage of consultants available to cover for striking staff The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023
Junior doctors’ strike: Which London hospitals are affected? Londoners have been advised to stay away from A&E unless they have serious injuries Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2023
Doctors' strike - NHS in Bristol says appointments will continue Junior doctors' strike is "the most disruptive industrial action in NHS history" says NHS head Bristol Post · Apr 11, 2023
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023 Why are junior doctors striking and how will the NHS cope? The four-day walkout is said to be the most disruptive in the history of the health service
Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023 Striking NHS doctor has to sit on a bin to work - and says it's 'too busy to take lunch' George Dovey, a 28-year-old doctor picketing outside St Thomas' Hospital this morning, said working conditions "have got harder" and he "keeps getting less resources"
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023 NHS strikes: What is a junior doctor’s salary and what is the government offering? The British Medical Association is calling for junior doctors’ real-terms pay to be restored to 2009 levels
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023 NHS faces ‘unparalleled’ disruption as junior doctors begin four-day strike It is the longest doctors’ strike in the history of the NHS.
Nottingham Post · Apr 11, 2023 'Everyone feels undervalued' as Nottingham doctors join huge 4-day strike action Members of the British Medical Association BMA and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA are taking part in the strike action
Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023 Which hospitals are affected by the junior doctors' strike TODAY - see full list Doctors are mounting picket lines outside hospitals from 7am today until Saturday morning in the longest stoppage of the wave of unrest, which has seen other NHS workers take action since last year
Al Jazeera · Apr 11, 2023 Fears of ‘unparalleled’ disruption as UK junior doctors strike Up to a quarter of a million appointments could be postponed in the longest stoppage of the wave of unrest in the UK.
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023 When is the the junior doctors strike and what does it mean for you? Four days of industrial action begins as worsening dispute over pay threatens huge disruption to NHS
Reuters · Apr 11, 2023 Britain braces for 'unparalleled' disruption from doctors' strike Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the government to warn of a risk to patient safety.
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023 Junior Doctors Strike start: What it means for you Four days of industrial action begins as worsening dispute over pay threatens huge disruption to NHS
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023 Why are junior doctors striking? Health secretary Steve Barclay says pay demands ‘unrealistic’ and attacks union’s ‘militant stance’