đ Share this article Junior Doctors in the UK to Launch Five Consecutive Day Walkout Next Month Doctors in England are preparing to stage a five-day strike in November, due to disputes regarding pay and employment. Strike Details The BMA announced that junior physicians will walk out for five consecutive days from November 14 at 7am to 7am on 19 November. Resident doctors, who make up nearly 50% of all medical staff in the NHS, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the government. Reasons Behind the Strike Dr Jack Fletcher stated, âThis is not where we wanted to be. We have spent the last week in talks with government, urging the health secretary to resolve the crisis of unemployed physicians.â âOur survey reveals half of second-year doctors in England are struggling to find jobs, their skills going to waste whilst countless individuals endure long waits for care and shifts in hospitals go unfilled. This cannot continue.â He continued, âWe talked with the government in good faith, keen for the minister to see that a deal offering solutions to slowly restore the cuts to pay over several years, providing recent graduates a pay increase of only ÂŁ1 per hour for the next four years.â âWe trusted the authorities would recognize that our asks are not just fair but are in the best interests of the public and our those we treat and would also help prevent our physicians departing from the NHS.â About Resident Doctors Junior physicians have anywhere up to eight yearsâ experience practicing in hospitals, depending on their specialty, or up to three years in primary care. Further information are expected shortly.