Doctors will strike for fair pay for “as long as it takes,” vows BMA chief

The BMA’s chair of council has vowed that doctors will strike for “as long as it takes” if the government refuses to negotiate with them in their quest for fair pay.In a keynote address to the BMA’s annual representative meeting in Liverpool on 3 July, Philip Banfield praised BMA members for their “collective strength and collective will to say enough is enough.”Hailing the “vigour and spirit” of junior doctors in England, he said, “I’m inspired by the stand they have taken. For the mass participation in industrial action. For their courage and the unwavering support that specialists, associate specialists, and specialty (SAS) doctors, consultants, and GPs have given in uniting behind them.”England’s junior doctors recently announced1 that they would be striking for five days from 13 to 18 July in their ongoing fight for pay restoration, in what is believed to be the longest walkout in NHS history. Consultants in…
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