🔗 Share this article Junior Doctors in the UK to Launch Five-Day Walkout Next Month Doctors in the UK are preparing to begin a five consecutive day strike next month, in protest over pay and employment. Walkout Information The BMA stated that junior physicians will walk out for five consecutive days from November 14 at 7am to November 19 at 7am. Resident doctors, who constitute nearly 50% of all doctors in the National Health Service, are taking this action after failed negotiations with the government. Causes of the Walkout Dr Jack Fletcher stated, “We did not want to reach this point. We have spent the last week in talks with officials, urging the health secretary to resolve the scandal of unemployed physicians.” “Our survey reveals half of second-year doctors in England are facing unemployment, their talents being unused whilst millions of patients endure long waits for care and shifts in hospitals remain vacant. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He added, “We talked with the government in good faith, keen for the minister to see that a agreement offering solutions to gradually reverse the cuts to pay over several years, providing recent graduates a pay increase of just a pound an 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 those we treat and would also help stop our doctors leaving 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. Further information are expected soon.