All out: England’s doctors take first ȷoint strike action

bmj;382/sep26_4/p2219/FAF1faMark ThomasIn their first joint industrial action, consultants and junior doctors in England began a 24 hour strike on the morning of 20 September.Consultants, who started their own action a day earlier, joined marches across the country, including this one in London from St Thomas’s Hospital to Westminster.Junior doctors started their action on the Wednesday and remained on strike for three days. Across the week hospital sites nationwide were picketed by senior and junior doctors demanding an increased pay offer from the government.Joint action is also planned for next week, although the BMA has said that consultants will call off their strike if they receive a pay rise of about 12% this year—double the “final offer” from the government.
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