🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in England to Begin Five-Day Walkout Next Month Medical professionals in the UK are preparing to begin a five consecutive day strike in November, in protest over pay and employment. Walkout Information The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that junior physicians will walk out for five days in a row from 7am on 14 November to 7am on 19 November. Junior physicians, who constitute about half of all medical staff in the NHS, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the health department. Reasons Behind the Strike Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have spent the last week in talks with officials, urging the health secretary to end the crisis of unemployed physicians.” “Our survey reveals 50% of second-year physicians in England are struggling to find jobs, their talents being unused whilst countless individuals wait endlessly for treatment and shifts in hospitals remain vacant. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He added, “We negotiated sincerely, hoping the minister to see that a agreement including options to slowly restore the pay reductions over a number of years, providing newly trained doctors a raise of just a pound an hour for the next four years.” “We trusted the authorities would see that our demands are not just reasonable but are in the interest of the community and our patients and would also help prevent our doctors leaving the NHS.” About Resident Doctors Junior physicians have as much as eight years of experience working as a hospital doctor, based on their field, or up to three years in primary care. More details will follow soon.