Strikes: Resident doctors announce four day walkout in June

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Resident doctors in England have announced a four-day strike in June amid stalled pay negotiations with the health secretary. The union warns of potential further strikes if demands are not met, reflecting ongoing healthcare labor tensions.

Resident doctors in England will return to the picket lines next month in their 16th walkout over pay and conditions, the doctors' union has announced.The strike will run from 7 am on Monday 15 June to 6 59 am on Friday 19 June, and the BMA has threatened “more strike dates in July” if no further progress is made.The announcement comes after talks broke down between the new health and social care secretary, James Murray, and the BMA's Resident Doctors Committee (RDC). BMA officials said Murray had made it clear that he would not put any more money on the table beyond what his predecessor, Wes Streeting, had previously offered. Murray expressed disappointment that the BMA had “rushed once again to unnecessary and unreasonable strike action.”On 27 May the RDC chair, Jack Fletcher, said he had hoped that a change in health secretary “would lead to a change in approach.”“Sadly,...