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Resident doctors are scheduled to strike for five days from 7am on November 14 to November 19, marking their 13th walkout since March 2023 in the ongoing dispute over jobs and pay restoration in England.</span

Resident doctors are scheduled to strike for five days from 7am on November 14 to November 19, marking their 13th walkout since March 2023 in the ongoing dispute over jobs and pay restoration in England.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting offered to double the number of additional specialty training posts from 1,000 to 2,000 and cover costs of mandatory exams and royal college membership fees to avert a five-day strike by resident doctors.</span

Health Secretary Wes Streeting offered to double the number of additional specialty training posts from 1,000 to 2,000 and cover costs of mandatory exams and royal college membership fees to avert a five-day strike by resident doctors.

The British Medical Association rejected Streeting's offer, stating it does not address the core issue that 30,000 doctors applied for only 10,000 specialty training positions this year, leaving thousands facing unemployment.</span

The British Medical Association rejected Streeting's offer, stating it does not address the core issue that 30,000 doctors applied for only 10,000 specialty training positions this year, leaving thousands facing unemployment.

Streeting maintained he cannot move on pay given enormous financial pressures, despite resident doctors experiencing a 21 percent erosion in pay since 2008, though they received a 28.9% increase across three years.</span

Streeting maintained he cannot move on pay given enormous financial pressures, despite resident doctors experiencing a 21 percent erosion in pay since 2008, though they received a 28.9% increase across three years.

The BMA argues that resident doctors need a multi-year pay deal to restore salaries over time, while government data shows only 55.3% turnout in the strike ballot with 49.78% voting in favor of industrial action.</span

The BMA argues that resident doctors need a multi-year pay deal to restore salaries over time, while government data shows only 55.3% turnout in the strike ballot with 49.78% voting in favor of industrial action.

Streeting warned that continued strikes costing approximately £240 million each would force him to rescind his non-pay offer and potentially reconsider other NHS commitments due to affordability constraints.</span

Streeting warned that continued strikes costing approximately £240 million each would force him to rescind his non-pay offer and potentially reconsider other NHS commitments due to affordability constraints.

UK Doctors Reject Gov't Offer, 5-Day Strike Proceeds Nov 14-19

UK Doctors Reject Gov't Offer, 5-Day Strike Proceeds Nov 14-19

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UK Doctors Reject Gov't Offer, 5-Day Strike Proceeds Nov 14-19

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