Junior doctors pay dispute: What’s happening across the UK?

EnglandThe BMA is currently re-balloting junior doctors in England to extend its mandate for junior doctor strike action—because of legislation, the union can currently only legally strike until late August.1The most recent round of industrial action by junior doctors in England took place for 72 hours, between 7 am on 14 June and 7am on 17 June.Data gathered from trusts in England2 show that 24 407 junior doctors were absent from work as a result of the action on 14 June, 23 341 on 15 June, and 21 725 on 16 June. NHS England, which published the data, said, however, that not all trusts in England submitted information.The NHS Confederation said that in June around 3000 fewer junior doctors took part in the strikes each day compared with the last wave—a 96 hour walkout from 11 to 15 April.NHS England data3 show that on 11 April 26 371 junior doctors…
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