🔗 Share this article Resident Physicians in the UK to Launch Five-Day Walkout in November Medical professionals in England are set to begin a five consecutive day walkout in November, in protest over jobs and pay. Strike Details The BMA stated that junior physicians will strike for five consecutive days from 7am on 14 November to November 19 at 7am. Junior physicians, who make up about half of all medical staff in the National Health Service, are taking this action after unsuccessful talks with the health department. Causes of the Walkout The chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee stated, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have been negotiating for the past week with government, pressing the health secretary to end the scandal of doctors going unemployed.” “Our survey reveals 50% of second-year physicians in the UK are struggling to find jobs, their skills going to waste whilst countless individuals endure long waits for care and shifts in hospitals remain vacant. This cannot continue.” He continued, “We negotiated sincerely, hoping the health secretary to see that a agreement offering solutions to gradually reverse the pay reductions over a number of years, giving recent graduates a raise of just a pound an hour for the next four years.” “We hoped the government would recognize that our asks are not just fair but are in the interest of the public and our patients and would also help stop our physicians leaving the NHS.” Who Are Resident Physicians? Resident doctors have as much as eight years of experience working as a hospital doctor, depending on their specialty, or as many as three years in general practice. More details will follow shortly.