"My message to resident doctors is: don't abandon patients, Starmer said."
"There is a jobs crisis, where doctors are trained but unable to secure roles, and there is a pay crisis, Fletcher said while standing on a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in London."
"We must value our doctors in this country, he added."
The British Medical Association is calling for improved pay and an increase in available jobs for qualified doctors. Resident doctors in England began a five-day strike at 07:00 GMT on Wednesday, continuing until 07:00 GMT on Monday, after about 30,000 BMA members voted to reject the government's proposal in an online ballot. The dispute centres on pay and a lack of jobs for qualified doctors, with last year seeing more doctors leave the profession than at any point in the past decade. NHS England warned fewer doctors will be on duty and staff must prioritise life-saving care amid rising flu-related hospitalisations.
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