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Public support for doctor strikes is declining – YouGov poll

A five-day walkout by resident doctors begins at 7am on Friday.

Evening Standard

NHS England approach to doctors’ strike ‘seriously risky’, BMA warns

Deputy chairwoman Emma Runswick says a push to maintain scheduled care could cause harm in emergency departments.

Evening Standard

Resident doctors deserve real-terms pay rise after working through Covid, says BMA

Ahead of meetings with health secretary, BMA council deputy chair says 29% claim justified to replace lost salary

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‘We feel dispirited’: striking junior doctors worn down but determined to fight on

Five-day strike by junior doctors is the 11th action in their long-running pay dispute

The Guardian - UK

‘Worrying signs’ that more medics plan to leave the workforce, regulator warns

The GMC’s annual report also said doctors from overseas should be ‘welcomed, valued and supported’.

The Independent UK

Membership of BMA reaches record high amid pay dispute

The BMA said its membership stands at 190,366, up by more than 25,000 compared with this time last year.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors preparing to strike every month until next spring amid pay row

If members vote to continue strikes, junior doctors will take to picket lines for three days a month, every month, until March 2024

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An imploding health service underpins junior doctors’ radicalisation

With real pay down 26% since 2008 and demoralised workplaces, medics are striking not out of militancy but from deep-rooted frustration

The Guardian - UK

Strikes by junior doctors will significantly impact wait times – hospital leader

A health minister has also said that patients will be put at risk by the action.

The Independent UK

Thousands of junior doctors vote on strike action

If there is a yes vote, the doctors will begin their action with a 72-hour full walkout in March.

The Independent UK

NHS paying up to £5,200 a shift for agency doctors, Labour research shows

Party criticises significant rise in use of temporary staff while places at medical school have been cut

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting claims BMA ‘hostile’ towards Labour’s NHS plans

Doctors’ union criticises shadow health secretary for ‘incredibly disappointing’ comments over funding and primary care

The Guardian - UK

Senior Labour frontbencher launches attack on health union

THE British Medical Association (BMA) has criticised the “disappointing” comments from Labour’s shadow health secretary after he launched an…

The National (Scotland)

Doctors ‘incredibly disappointed’ after Streeting takes aim at ‘hostile’ BMA

The shadow health secretary said that Labour will not have a ‘something-for-nothing culture in the NHS’.

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The Guardian - UK

Urgent question on railways chaos sends the Tories running for the hills

As frustration builds over failing services, the government accepted something must be done. They just don’t know what

The Independent UK

Discrimination against LGBTQ doctors highlighted in damning new report

Some have experienced overt hostility, threats and violence, a new BMA report states.

The Independent UK

Doctors mull strike action over ‘30% real-terms pay cut since 2008’

BMA members point to recent union success in forcing pay increases

Daily Mirror

Government risk strikes by snubbing calls to give hero NHS staff 'pay restoration' rise

NHS workers including hero nurses and doctors who worked to save lives during the pandemic could strike this year amid planned pay rises of around 3%, says the TUC

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The Independent UK

Medics in pay restoration vow after ‘30% real-terms pay cut since 2008’

One medic said that it could take industrial action to persuade governments on the issue.

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