Junior doctors to hold longest strike yet in July

Junior doctors successful England person announced a caller five-day walkout successful July - the longest yet - implicit pay.

The onslaught volition instrumentality spot betwixt 07:00 connected Thursday 13 July and 07:00 connected Tuesday 18 July.

The British Medical Association (BMA) union, which represents doctors, said a authorities connection of a 5% emergence was not "credible" and that wage has not kept up with inflation.

The authorities says the wage connection is "fair and reasonable".

The BMA has been asking for a 35% summation to marque up for 15 years of below-inflation rises.

This volition beryllium the 4th onslaught by inferior doctors since the wage quality began.

Co-chairs of the BMA inferior doctors committee Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi said: "We are announcing the longest azygous walkout by doctors successful the NHS's past - but this is not a grounds that needs to spell into the past books.

"Even present the authorities tin avert our enactment by coming to the array with a credible connection connected wage restoration."

Junior doctors marque up astir fractional of each infirmary doctors successful England and a 4th of each doctors moving successful GP surgeries. The BMA represents implicit 46,000 inferior doctors successful the UK.

In Scotland, inferior doctors person been offered a caller 14.5% wage emergence implicit a two-year play aft negotiations with the Scottish government.

BMA Scotland said it would present consult its members, who voted successful favour of onslaught enactment earlier this month, connected the offer.

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