""The result of today's ballot makes it clear that the government will now need to step up to the plate. "Doctors have [today] spoken clearly: they won't accept that they face a career of insecurity at a time when the demand for doctors is huge. Yet successive governments have been unable to embrace the changes both doctors and patients are crying out for. "We do not want to have to strike, but we will if we are left with no choice. The government has the power to end both of these disputes now: it must use this opportunity to make the changes that are desperately needed.""
""It makes no sense that despite the need to bring down waiting lists and increase capacity for patients to be seen, thousands of willing and skilled doctors are unable to find the work to begin treating them. "By putting these two disputes - pay and jobs - together, we are now giving government a chance to create a plan that supports and develops the workforce of the next generation. Patients need doctors to have jobs. Doctors need to know they will have jobs. And they need to know they will be paid what they're worth.""
Resident doctors voted 97% in favor of industrial action, citing fears over job security and long-term pay erosion. The British Medical Association reported no strike dates set yet and plans to hold talks with the government regarding pay and jobs. Resident doctors experienced a 21% pay erosion since 2008 and previously staged a five-day walkout in July, leaving the dispute unresolved. The doctors call for a government plan that addresses both pay and workforce development so that waiting lists can be reduced, capacity increased, and newly qualified doctors can secure employment and be fairly paid.
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