"The health secretary, Wes Streeting, had proposed the deal last week. It would have increased the number of training places to enable early-career doctors to start training in their chosen medical speciality but not increased their pay for the current financial year. Resident doctors overwhelmingly rejected the offer, by 83% to 17% on a 65% turnout. In all, 35,107 of the 55,000 resident medics who the BMA represents took part in the survey."
"In an angry response to the vote, Streeting said the strike would be a self-indulgent, irresponsible and dangerous act that would hit patients and other NHS staff at the service's moment of maximum danger. He dismissed resident doctors' 26% pay claim as a fantasy demand. The stoppage will pose a challenge to hospitals, which are already grappling with the effects of the early arrival of the NHS's usual winter crisis, driven by a wave of virulent super flu."
Resident doctors in England will strike for five days starting Wednesday after rejecting the government's offer to end a long-running pay and jobs dispute. The proposed deal would increase training places for early-career doctors but would not raise pay for the current financial year. The BMA ballot rejected the offer 83% to 17% on a 65% turnout, with 35,107 of 55,000 members voting. The union called the proposals insufficient. Health secretary Wes Streeting condemned the strike and dismissed the 26% pay claim. Hospitals face added pressure amid an early winter crisis driven by a severe super flu wave.
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