🔗 Share this article Resident Doctors in England to Begin Five-Day Walkout in November Medical professionals in England are set to stage a five consecutive day walkout in November, in protest over pay and employment. Walkout Information The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that junior physicians will strike for five consecutive days from 7am on 14 November to November 19 at 7am. Junior physicians, who constitute nearly 50% of all doctors in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the government. Causes of the Walkout Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “This is not where we wanted to be. We have spent the last week in talks with government, urging the health minister to resolve the scandal of doctors going unemployed.” “We know from our own survey half of second-year doctors in England are struggling to find jobs, their talents being unused whilst countless individuals endure long waits for care and shifts in hospitals remain vacant. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He continued, “We negotiated sincerely, keen for the minister to understand that a agreement including options to slowly restore the cuts to pay over several years, providing recent graduates a pay increase of only £1 per hour for the next four years.” “We hoped the authorities would recognize that our asks are not just reasonable but are in the best interests of the public and our patients and would also help stop our physicians departing from the NHS.” Who Are Resident Physicians? Resident doctors have as much as eight years of experience practicing in hospitals, based on their field, or as many as three years in primary care. More details are expected soon.