🔗 Share this article Resident Physicians in England to Launch Five-Day Walkout in November Doctors in England are set to stage a five consecutive day walkout next month, due to disputes regarding pay and employment. Strike Details The BMA stated that resident doctors 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 medical staff in the National Health Service, are proceeding with the strike after failed negotiations with the government. Causes of the Walkout The chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee stated, “We did not want to reach this point. We have spent the last week in talks with government, pressing the health minister to end the scandal of unemployed physicians.” “We know from our own survey 50% of second-year physicians in the UK are facing unemployment, their talents being unused whilst countless individuals wait endlessly for treatment and hospital shifts go unfilled. This is a situation which cannot go on.” He continued, “We negotiated sincerely, hoping the minister to see that a agreement offering solutions to gradually reverse the cuts to pay over a number of years, giving recent graduates a raise of only £1 per hour for the coming four years.” “We hoped the government would recognize that our demands are not just reasonable but are in the interest of the public and our patients and would also help prevent our physicians departing from the NHS.” About Resident Doctors 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. Further information are expected shortly.