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Wave of strikes set to be held across the country

Strike action by workers across the country in disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and conditions is set to escalate in the weeks before Christmas, with the likelihood of industrial action continuing into 2023. Here are some of the strikes or ballot ...

23 Nov 2022 at 17:57

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Scottish junior doctors to be balloted over industrial action

Junior doctors in Scotland are set to be balloted on strike action, after “reluctantly” entering into a trade dispute with the Scottish Government. It comes after leaders of the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland said talks over pay had ...

08 Dec 2022 at 17:37

Two-thirds of junior doctors considering leaving NHS as industrial action looms

A poll shows 65% of junior doctors have “actively researched” leaving their jobs in the NHS as the sector prepares for a ballot on industrial action over pay. The British Medical Association (BMA) survey of 3,819 junior doctors in England ...

27 Dec 2022 at 03:25

Thousands of junior doctors vote on strike action

Thousands of junior doctors in England are voting on whether to strike over pay in the latest outbreak of industrial unrest sweeping the country. Around 45,000 members of the British Medical Association (BMA) are being balloted on Monday,...

09 Jan 2023 at 11:25

Barclay to meet doctors in pay dispute

Doctors’ leaders are set to meet the Health Secretary amid a dispute over the pay of junior medics. Steve Barclay said he is due to speak to unions on Wednesday to discuss industrial relations, but the British Medical Association (BMA) ...

11 Jan 2023 at 10:38

Barclay’s meeting with doctors over pay dispute postponed until Thursday

Doctors’ leaders are to meet with the Health Secretary on Thursday after an initial meeting to discuss concerns over pay was postponed so the minister could give media interviews. Steve Barclay said he was due to speak to unions on ...

11 Jan 2023 at 15:47

Junior doctors in Scotland to be balloted for strike action

Junior doctors will be balloted for strike action from late March, the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland has confirmed. BMA Scotland’s junior doctor committee is in formal dispute with the Scottish Government over what ...

24 Feb 2023 at 16:01

Strikes to protect patients as NHS ‘at breaking point’, says junior doctor

The NHS is at “breaking point” and patients are no longer safe, a junior doctor has said ahead of upcoming strikes. Junior doctors are set to strike next month after members of the British Medical Association (BMA) voted ...

23 Feb 2023 at 19:10

Junior doctor strikes to cause ‘unparalleled levels of disruption’ – NHS boss

Four days of strikes by junior doctors next week will cause “unparalleled levels of disruption”, the NHS national medical director has warned. Professor Sir Stephen Powis said he was “very concerned” about the potential ...

09 Apr 2023 at 03:03

Patient care ‘on a knife edge’ ahead of junior doctors’ strike

Patient care “rests on a knife edge” ahead of the most significant round of NHS strikes in a decade next week, health officials are warning. NHS leaders said they are working at “full pelt” to make sure emergency and ...

07 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Junior doctors leader insists he is ‘still working’ on holiday during strikes

A junior doctors union leader has insisted he is “still working” while on holiday during four days of NHS strikes. But the British Medical Association (BMA) junior doctors committee co-chairman Dr Robert Laurenson ...

13 Apr 2023 at 20:31

Junior doctors’ strikes pose ‘serious risk to patient safety’, NHS head says

Strikes by junior doctors are a “serious risk to patient safety”, the head of the NHS has said. Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s chief executive, said the action “creates risk and upheaval”. And she said that tens ...

14 Jun 2023 at 13:01

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