The British Medical Association refused to rule out further action on Tuesday but said it would be willing to re-enter talks with the Health Secretary.
Here, The i Paper takes a look at the strikes in the pipeline and what the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, can do to avert them.
They make up around half of all doctors and have completed a medical degree, working across NHS departments including GP surgeries and A&E. Many then enter speciality training or train to become a GP, which can take years.
For the second year in a row, resident doctors received the highest pay increase across the public sector, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. The BMA argues that resident doctors have built up more student debt than people working in other jobs because their degrees take longer to complete.
The Government says they have had two years in a row of above inflation pay increases and will not be getting any further increases.
The BMA’s claim is based on the Retail Prices Index, a measure of inflation which includes housing costs like mortgage interest payments – unlike the Consumer Prices Index, which is used by the Government.
Analysis by the Nuffield Trust – a health think tank – suggests pay has dropped 5 per cent since 2008 if CPI is used, and increased since 2015.
The BMA maintains that raising pay is the best way to resolve the dispute, but an impasse with the Government on this issue has meant that attention has turned to other issues.
The BMA wanted to add the writing off of student loans, but the Government refused this.
Nurses
Royal College of Nursing members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland voted by a large majority against accepting the award in an indicative vote run by the union, The Guardian and BBC reported.
The results are expected to be published on Thursday, The i Paper understands.
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This is expected to happen before the union considers staging a legal ballot for industrial action.
On Friday the GMB union representing thousands of health workers, including ambulance crews, rejected the Government’s pay award of 3.6 per cent.
Senior doctors and consultants
Hospital consultants are also threatening to strike in the autumn over the 4 per cent pay rise they were awarded for this year, which the BMA called “an insult to senior doctors”.
The BMA is asking members if they are willing to take part in industrial action with an indicative ballot starting on July 21 and closing on September 1.
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