Category: Strikes

Consultants have staged four days of industrial action so far and have planned at least five more in the coming weeks, on 19 and 20 September and 2, 3 and 4 October. The four joint days of action in September and October will see ‘Christmas Day’ levels of staffing from both groups. Junior doctors have so far staged 19 days of strike action since March of this year. Following the result of a reballot, they have announced six further days, on 20, 21, 22 September, and 2, 3, 4 October.  Therefore on 20th September and 2nd, 3rd and 4th October junior doctors and consultants will be striking on the same days. The prime minister has imposed a 6 per cent uplift for consultants and six per cent plus a lump-sum £1,250…

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…