🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in England to Launch Five Consecutive Day Walkout in November Medical professionals in England are set to stage a five-day strike next month, in protest over jobs and pay. Walkout Information The BMA stated that resident doctors will walk out for five days in a row from November 14 at 7am 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 unsuccessful talks with the government. Reasons Behind the Strike Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “We did not want to reach this point. We have spent the last week in talks with officials, pressing the health secretary to end the crisis of doctors going unemployed.” “Our survey reveals 50% of second-year physicians in the UK are facing unemployment, their skills going to waste whilst countless individuals wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts remain vacant. This cannot continue.” He added, “We negotiated sincerely, hoping the health secretary to see that a agreement including options to gradually reverse the cuts to pay over several years, giving newly trained doctors a pay increase of only £1 per hour for the next four years.” “We trusted the authorities would recognize that our demands are not just reasonable but are in the interest of the community and our those we treat and would also help stop our doctors departing from the NHS.” Who Are Resident Physicians? Junior physicians 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 will follow soon.