Junior doctors protest at omission from pay award

bmj;378/jul27_4/o1873/FAF1faRichard H SmithHundreds of doctors descended on the offices of the Department of Health and Social Care for England, a short walk from the houses of parliament in London, on the evening of Monday 25 July to chant, raise banners, and call for strike action over pay.The crowd, comprising mainly junior doctors and medical students, marched through the streets and congregated outside Downing Street, taking up much of the road and disrupting traffic. With some passing cars beeping their horns in support, the biggest cheers from the crowd were reserved for supportive ambulance and bus drivers.On the march, doctors told The BMJ that they felt undervalued and burnt out. Lena Hassan, an internal medicine trainee who had travelled from Dartford, Kent, said, “It’s getting ridiculous. I’m struggling to pay rent, I’m struggling to live a normal life,” she said. “I think that we are owed a pay rise, and this…
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