Four Day Junior Doctors Strike Set for April

Junior doctors are to stage a four-day walkout in April in their fight to get a 35% pay rise in England.

Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) will take strike action from 11 April to 15 April.

It comes after BMA leaders met Health Secretary Steve Barclay on Wednesday.

Mr Barclay has said the pay claim is “unaffordable”. A deal offered to other NHS staff and backed by unions involves a 5% pay rise in April and a one-off payment of at least £1,655.

This is on top of the 4.75% pay rise they received last year.

Nurses, ambulance staff, physios and other workers are being asked to vote on whether to accept that deal.

The three biggest health unions – the Royal College of Nursing, Unison and the GMB – have all recommended their members accept it.

But the BMA has insisted only a 35% increase will do to make up for 15 years of below-inflation rises.

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