Starmer calls doctors' strike 'dangerous' as five-day walkout begins
Resident doctors in England are undertaking a five-day strike over pay and training-place concerns, prompting government and NHS warnings about patient safety and service disruption.
Resident doctors in England begin five days of strike action
Resident doctors began a five-day strike after rejecting a government offer that increased training places but did not raise pay for the current financial year.
Hope grows resident doctors in England will cancel strike after new government offer
Government doubled extra specialty training places for early career doctors; hospitals welcome move but BMA says pay demands remain unmet and strikes may continue.
The British Medical Association rejected the government's offer on exam fees and faster training expansion, insisting pay increases are required and strike action will continue.