Strikes Update: How Monday 13 March junior doctors' strike will affect you

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Strike Update representation 13 March

By Zoe Conway

Employment correspondent

NHS leaders are bracing themselves for a 72-hour onslaught by inferior doctors which begins astatine 07:00 connected Monday.

It's not hard to recognize wherefore they're truthful concerned: inferior doctors marque up 45% of the aesculapian workforce, 2 thirds of them are members of the BMA national which is organising the strike, and they're readying connected walking retired of exigency arsenic good arsenic planned care.

Their enactment is apt to impact each portion successful England.

Consultants and different elder doctors are being drafted successful to supply cover. Lots of planned appointments are acceptable beryllium postponed - it's not yet wide however many.

Junior doctors accidental they person nary prime but to instrumentality this enactment which, they say, is arsenic overmuch astir feeling undervalued and overworked arsenic it is astir pay.

You tin read more oregon watch this report astir wherefore radical are taking onslaught action, and beneath you tin find accusation connected however it could impact you.

Upcoming onslaught action

SUN 19 FEB

Border Force

Border Force unit astatine the Port of Calais, Port of Dunkirk, Coquelles Channel Tunnel Terminal and the Port of Dover are taking concern action
The onslaught lone affects planetary inbound question to the UK

MON 20 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful Wales and respective regions of England, and the GMB national successful parts of England, are connected strike
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

Read more: Why are ambulance unit striking?

Border Force

Border Force unit astatine the Port of Calais, Port of Dunkirk, Coquelles Channel Tunnel Terminal and the Port of Dover are taking concern action
The onslaught lone affects planetary inbound question to the UK only
The concern enactment is owed to extremity astatine astir 07:00 GMT

TUE 21 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful Wales are connected onslaught
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

Read more: Why are ambulance unit striking?

Teachers successful Northern Ireland

The bulk of teachers successful Northern Ireland are holding a half-day onslaught
Many schools crossed the state are not expected to unfastened until aft midday

Read more: NI teachers to locomotion retired for fractional a day

WED 22 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful Wales and the North West portion of England are connected strike
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

Read more: Why are ambulance unit striking?

THU 23 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

FRI 24 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SAT 25 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 26 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

MON 27 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

TUE 28 FEB

Teachers successful Scotland

Teachers who are members of the EIS, NASUWT and SSTA unions are connected strike
The concern enactment is expected to impact thousands of schools crossed Scotland

Read more: Teachers' onslaught dates

WED 1 MAR

Teachers successful Scotland

Teachers who are members of the EIS, NASUWT and SSTA unions are connected strike
The concern enactment is expected to impact thousands of schools crossed Scotland

Read more: Teachers' onslaught dates

THU 2 MAR

Teachers successful Wales

Teachers successful Wales who are members of the National Education Union are taking concern enactment implicit pay
It is expected that hundreds of schools volition beryllium affected

Read more: Teachers cull wage offer

FRI 3 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SAT 4 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 5 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

MON 6 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

TUE 7 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

WED 8 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

THU 9 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

FRI 10 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SAT 11 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 12 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

MON 13 MAR

Junior doctors

Junior doctors who are members of the BMA national are connected strike
Junior doctors relationship for much than 40% of the aesculapian workforce truthful wide disruption is anticipated
The concern enactment volition statesman astatine 07:00GMT

Read more: Junior doctors to strike

TUE 14 MAR

Junior doctors

Junior doctors who are members of the BMA national are connected strike
Junior doctors relationship for much than 40% of the aesculapian workforce truthful wide disruption is anticipated

Read more: Junior doctors to strike

WED 15 MAR

Junior doctors

Junior doctors who are members of the BMA national are connected strike
Junior doctors relationship for much than 40% of the aesculapian workforce truthful wide disruption is anticipated
The concern enactment volition extremity astatine 07:00GMT

Read more: Junior doctors to strike

Civil servants

About 133,000 civilian servants, moving crossed much than 100 authorities departments and agencies, are connected strike
Members of the PCS national are taking concern enactment successful a quality implicit pay, pensions, occupation information and redundancy terms

Read more: Civil servants to onslaught connected fund day

Teachers

Teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) astatine each schools successful England and Wales are connected strike
NEU teachers successful sixth-form colleges successful England are besides owed to locomotion out

Read more: Teachers' onslaught dates

London Underground

London Underground unit who are members of the Aslef and RMT unions are connected strike
Previous strikes person seen wide disruption
Travellers are advised to cheque connected services earlier they commencement their journeys

Read more: London Underground locomotion out

THU 16 MAR

Teachers

Teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) astatine each schools successful England and Wales are connected strike
NEU teachers successful sixth-form colleges successful England are besides owed to locomotion out

Read more: Teachers' onslaught dates

Rail

Members of the RMT national from 14 bid operators are connected onslaught successful England
Some services which tally into Scotland and Wales are apt to beryllium affected

Read more: When are the bid strikes?

University staff

University unit who are members of the University and College Union are connected strike
UCU members astatine 83 universities are taking part

Read more: Will my lecture beryllium cancelled?

FRI 17 MAR

University staff

University unit who are members of the University and College Union are connected strike
UCU members astatine 83 universities are taking part

Read more: Will my lecture beryllium cancelled?

SAT 18 MAR

Rail

Members of the RMT national from 14 bid operators are connected onslaught successful England
Some services which tally into Scotland and Wales are apt to beryllium affected

Read more: When are the bid strikes?

SUN 19 MAR

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

More than 36,000 inferior doctors are acceptable to onslaught connected Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday successful England.

Consultants volition beryllium brought successful to supply immoderate cover, but the NHS is informing of "major disruption and thousands of patients whitethorn look postponements to their treatment" owed to the strike.

The NHS advice is to dial 999 successful an exigency and crook up to infirmary appointments unless you are told otherwise.

Other things to enactment are:

Emergency attraction volition proceed to beryllium available.
People needing captious care, newborn babe care, and trauma attraction volition beryllium prioritised.
Anyone needing urgent attraction should dial 111.
GP services volition not beryllium straight affected by the strike, truthful radical should support GP appointments.
Some infirmary dentists volition besides beryllium connected strike.

What bash doctors want?

Junior doctors successful England privation a wage emergence of 35%.

The British Medical Association (BMA) calls it wage restoration aft cuts of 26% erstwhile ostentation is taken into relationship since 2008.

The 35% emergence is needed to marque up for the 26% cut, it says.

What interaction volition the strikes have?

Junior doctors correspond astir 45% of the aesculapian workforce successful England.

They see those conscionable retired of assemblage done to doctors with 10 years of acquisition truthful the onslaught enactment volition person a large impact.

About 2 thirds of the inferior doc workforce are BMA members.

They are walking retired of some exigency and planned attraction arsenic good arsenic wide signifier wherever immoderate inferior doctors volition beryllium moving arsenic GP trainees.

It means NHS bosses are drafting successful consultants and different elder doctors to screen them successful exigency care, specified arsenic A&E and intensive care.

This volition pb to the postponing of tons of planned treatment, specified arsenic genu and hep replacements.

Are the 2 sides talking?

Junior doc leaders astatine the BMA person had meetings with ministers and authorities officials successful caller weeks.

But determination person not been ceremonial wage talks.

Ministers person made it wide they are not consenting to conscionable the wage demands of inferior doctors.

Instead, the authorities is concentrating connected reaching a woody with the 14 wellness unions representing NHS unit different than doctors aft they suspended their onslaught action.

Talks were held past week with unions representing everyone from nurses and midwives to ambulance unit and physios.

They person progressive discussions astir efficaciously offering unit a bonus for this twelvemonth connected apical of a 4.75% wage emergence and a much generous summation from April for the 2023-24 twelvemonth - the authorities has suggested 3.5%, but unions person made it wide they privation more.

Additional reporting by Nick Triggle and Tom Espiner

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