Resident doctors in England to be balloted on strike over pay

Thousands of resident doctors in England will be balloted for strike action over pay, raising the threat of a summer of stoppages, the British Medical Association has announced.

- Andrew Gregory

The move comes seven months after they accepted a 22.3% pay rise over two years, for 2023-24 and 2024-25, bringing to an end one of the longest and bitterest disputes in recent NHS history.

Resident doctors - previously known as junior doctors - staged 18 months of strikes during which they stopped work on 44 days, sometimes for five days at a time. The industrial action caused enormous disruption.