Nearly 7,000 doctors requested documents for an overseas job application last year, according to the British Medical Association (BMA) union, a record high. The industrial action by junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- is scheduled to run until 7:00 am (0600 GMT) on Tuesday. Senior hospital doctors, known as consultants, in England will begin a 48-hour strike on July 20, with radiographers following suit from July 25. Similar stoppages in June and April resulted in massive disruption with hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments and operations rescheduled. The High Court in London quashed the changes which unions, including the leading health sector union Unite, argued undermined the "right to strike".

Source: The Times July 13, 2023 09:58 UTC