Resident doctors to strike for five days this month

RESIDENT doctors will go on strike for five consecutive days later this month in their dispute with the Government over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

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Announcing strike dates across England, the BMA said it was giving the Government two weeks to come to the table to negotiate “a path to pay restoration”.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the move “completely unreasonable” and urged the union to “abandon their rush to strike”, while health chiefs warned strikes are “unfair to patients”.

Resident doctors are scheduled to strike from 7am on July 25 to 7am on July 30.

BMA resident doctors committee co-chairs, Dr Melissa Ryan and Dr Ross Nieuwoudt, said in a statement they had met with Mr Streeting but the Government would not move on pay.

It said: “We met Wes Streeting yesterday and made every attempt to avoid strike action by opening negotiations for pay restoration.