Resident Doctors Set to Strike for Five Days over Pay and Job Dispute

BMA turns down no-pay-rise offer from Streeting - so, here comes the strike

The British Medical Association (BMA) has rejected a new offer from health secretary Wes Streeting to avert strikes on 14 November. Streeting gave the BMA until the end of today, 6 November, to consider. Not that they would have needed it, mind you – the offer didn’t make any move to restore resident doctors’ pay. The BMA: too little, too late As the Canary previously reported, there are two issues at the heart of the doctor’s dispute with the g…

Streeting Sets Out Fresh Offer to Resident Doctors in Bid to Avert Strikes

Wes Streeting has made a fresh package of offers to resident doctors in a bid to avert strike action. Resident doctors in England, formerly known as junior doctors, are set to strike for five days from Friday next week in an ongoing row over jobs and pay. The British Medical Association (BMA) said resident doctors will walk out from 7am on November 14 to 7am on November 19. Health and Social Care Secretary Mr Streeting has now set out a package …

Resident doctors set to strike for five days over pay and job dispute

Mr Streeting has previously said the Government will not budge on pay

Streeting sets out fresh offer to resident doctors in bid to avert strikes

Doctors are set to walk out for five days from November 14. Wes Streeting has made a fresh package of offers to resident doctors in a bid to avert strike action. Resident doctors in England, formerly known as junior doctors, are set to strike for five days from Friday next week in an ongoing row over jobs and pay. The British Medical Association (BMA) said resident doctors will walk out from 7am on November 14 to 7am on November 19. 🚨 Strike a…

Junior doctors to strike for five days after rejecting government offer

JUNIOR doctors in England have rejected a new government offer aimed at ending the dispute over jobs and pay, saying it “does not go far enough.”The British Medical Association (BMA) confirmed that junior doctors will strike for five days from 7am on November 14 to 7am on November 19, reported The Times. Health secretary Wes Streeting had offered to cover junior doctors’ exam fees and “put more money in their pockets” to avoid the walkout. He wr…

Streeting makes fresh bid to avert doctors’ strikes

Wes Streeting made further non-pay offers to resident doctors on Wednesday night, but said they must rapidly cancel planned strikes or risk the government withdrawing its proposals.