Junior doctors in England are to strike for six days from April 7 amid an ongoing row over pay and jobs. The junior doctors, now called resident doctors, are demanding a 26 per cent pay rise. Resident Doctors on the picket line at St Thomas' Hospital Westminster on November 14 last yearBMA Resident Doctors Committee chairman Jack Fletcher said: 'We have been negotiating in good faith for weeks to try and end the simultaneous pay and jobs crises for resident doctors. MP Stuart Andrew, shadow Health Secretary, said: 'Labour gave junior doctors a 28% pay rise and promised to end the strikes, yet strikes continue. 'Only the Conservatives have common sense plans to ban doctors' strikes to protect both patients and the public finances.'

Source: Daily Mail March 25, 2026 16:35 UTC