A five-day walkout by resident doctors will go ahead this week after they voted to reject the government’s offer to boost training jobs and cover the cost of exam fees.
British Medical Association resident doctor members voted by 83 per cent to 17 per cent to carry on with the strike action.
The strike will begin at 7am on 17 December and end at 7am on 22 December.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting had not offered more headline pay but new laws that prioritise British medical graduates for speciality training jobs starting next year and offer to cover the costs of training expenses such as exam fees.
Turnout in the ballot was 65 per cent of resident doctor members.
BMA resident doctors committee (RDC) chair Dr Jack Fletcher said: “Our members have considered the Government’s offer, and their resounding response should leave the Health Secretary in no doubt about how badly he has just fumbled his opportunity to end industrial action.
“Tens of thousands of frontline doctors have come together to say ‘no’ to what is clearly too little, too late.
“There are no new jobs in this offer – he has simply cannibalised those jobs which already existed for the sake of ‘new’ jobs on paper. Neither was there… a journey to restoring our pay – that has clearly hit the buffers.
“This week’s strike is still entirely avoidable – the Health Secretary should now work with us in the short time we have left to come up with a credible offer to end this jobs crisis and avert the real terms pay cuts he is pushing in 2026. We’re willing to work to find a solution if he is.
“We remain committed to ensuring patient safety, as we have done with all previous rounds of strike action, and urge hospital trusts to continue planning to ensure safe staffing. We will be in close contact with NHS England throughout the strikes to address safety concerns if they arise.”
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