Junior doctors to strike in the run up to the general election

Junior doctors in England are set to strike in the weeks leading up to the general election over the long-running dispute over pay.

Recently talks had reopened with the government to end the pay dispute with medics who are in training.

The British Medial Association (BMA) gave the government a warning, they have a “final opportunity to make an offer and avoid strikes,” this opportunity “has not been taken up.”

From 7am on 27 June and on 2 July junior doctors in England will walkout the BMA announced.

Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, the co-chairmen of the BMA junior doctors committee, said in a statement, “We made clear to the Government that we would strike unless discussions ended in a credible pay offer.”