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Streeting vows to keep NHS services running as doctor strike begins
ENGLAND, JUL 25 – Up to 50,000 resident doctors are striking for a 29.2% pay rise to restore salaries to 2008 levels amid ongoing NHS staffing pressures, marking the 12th strike since March 2023.
- Beginning at 7am on Friday, a five-day strike by resident doctors in England spans until July 30, involving up to 50,000 staff in the 12th such stoppage since March last year.
- Despite a 5.4% pay rise this year, the British Medical Association says pay remains a fifth below 2008 levels, prompting calls for a 29.2% increase.
- Senior doctors are covering for striking resident doctors in their 12th stoppage, highlighting NHS efforts to maintain service continuity amid the dispute.
- Wes Streeting said `striking doctors must feel the `pain` to deter contagion`, while Sir Jim Mackey called the strikes `very annoying and disappointing` and warned they `can't be consequence-free`.
- Government sources say the ball is in the BMA's court and no further pay talks are planned until after the strike, which remains confined to England.
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Just nowShareSaveNick TriggleHealth correspondentShareSavePA MediaHealth Secretary Wes Streeting is promising to keep NHS services running as a five-day walkout by resident doctors gets underway in England.He said the disruption would be kept to a minimum after NHS England ordered hospitals to only cancel treatments in exceptional circumstances.In previous strikes, the focus has been on staffing emergency care but this time the NHS is striving t…
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