NHS Junior Doctors (BMA) Strike Calendar

The latest government offer is made up of a 4% backdated pay rise for 2023-24, on top of the existing increase worth an average of 9% for the last financial year. An additional 6% increase is being offered for 2024-25 as recommended by an independent pay review body, topped up with an extra £1,000 consolidated payment.

The union said it was taking action as there had been no credible new offer after fresh talks started in mid-May. But Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the timing of the strike "makes it look incredibly political". In theory, negotiations could have continued during the election period, but with both ministers and civil servants occupied by the election - and the prospect of the Conservatives not being in power after 4 July - it may have been difficult to reach an agreement.

Of the doctors eligible to vote in Wales, 65% responded and 98% of those supported the strike. The Welsh junior doctors committee made the decision to ballot members in August after being offered a below-inflation pay offer of 5%.

"Our members have been forced to take this difficult decision because junior doctors in Wales have experienced a pay cut of 29.6 per cent in real terms over the last 15 years." They said members were not looking for a pay rise, but asking for pay to be restored in line with inflation, and the decision to strike had "not been made lightly".

‘After five weeks of intense talks, the Government was unable to present a credible offer on pay by the deadline.’

After the recent talks, doctors were offered an additional 3 per cent pay uplift, which the JDC co-chairs said would be ‘unevenly spread across doctors’ grades’ so ‘would still amount to pay cuts for many doctors this year’. They added: ‘It is clear the Government is still not prepared to address the real-terms pay cut doctors have experienced since 2008.

Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, and Steve Barclay, the health secretary, have so far both repeatedly stuck to the line that the government’s pay offer of 6% and an extra £1,250 is final.

But the prospect of another wave of strikes by junior doctors is likely to prompt renewed calls for ministers to negotiate and end the dispute. They have made cutting NHS waiting times a key promise before the next general election.

• Junior doctors in England have announced a new five-day walkout in July, the longest yet, over pay.
• The strike will take place between 07:00 on Thursday 13 July and 07:00 on Tuesday 18 July.
• The British Medical Association (BMA) union said a government offer of a 5% rise was not "credible" and that pay has not kept up with inflation.
• Ministers say the pay offer is "fair and reasonable".
• BMA negotiators has been asking for a 35% increase to make up for 15 years of below-inflation rises.
• This will be the fourth strike by junior doctors since the pay dispute began.
• Thousands of planned appointments will need to be postponed while more senior doctors fill in to provide emergency care.
• Junior doctors make up around half of all hospital doctors in England and a quarter of all doctors working in GP surgeries.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced a new 72-hour walkout in June after the latest round of government pay talks broke down. The strike will take place between 07:00 on Wednesday 14 June and 07:00 on Saturday 17 June. The government spokesperson called the pay offer "fair and reasonable" and said it was "surprising and deeply disappointing" that the BMA had declared further strikes "while constructive talks were ongoing". If the strike is not called off, there will be a minimum of three days of walkouts a month until the BMA's mandate expires in August.

The language from the BMA and the government suggests both sides are a long way from agreement, with union representatives saying that ministers will not accept the "fundamental reality" of the situation.

At the same time, their more senior colleagues - consultant doctors - are being balloted separately on industrial action in a vote which runs through until June 27.

Dr Vivek Trivedi and Dr Robert Laurenson, the co-chairs of the BMA junior doctor committee, said they announced the latest strikes with “disappointment and great frustration”.

They said: “The Government has dragged its feet at every opportunity. It has not presented any credible offer and is refusing to accept that there is any case for pay restoration, describing our central ask as ‘unrealistic’ and ‘unreasonable’. 

“Even yesterday they continued to add new unacceptable preconditions to talks instead of getting on and trying to find a resolution. We therefore have no confidence that, without further action, these negotiations can be successful.”

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that junior doctors in England will take strike action from 13 to 15 March. The BMA is protesting against a 15-year decline in real terms wages, saying that this has left junior doctors "demoralised, angry and no longer willing to work for wages that have seen a real terms decline of over 26% in the past 15 years". The three-day strike, starting and finishing at 07:00, will see junior doctors walk out of both routine and emergency care. They can only withdraw from life-and-limb emergency care if the NHS has found other staff to cover for them.

The last time junior doctors went on strike was in 2016, over a new contract that had been introduced. During the 2016 strike, consultants stepped in but this meant a huge amount of pre-planned treatments such as knee and hip replacements had to be cancelled.

The British Medical Association (BMA) is planning a 72-hour walkout in an effort to get a pay rise of 26%. The vote by the BMA involved nearly 48,000 members working across hospitals and the community - more than two-thirds of the junior doctor workforce. More than three-quarters of those balloted took part, with 98% voting in favor of action. "We are frustrated, in despair and angry and we have voted in our thousands to say, 'in the name of our profession, our patients, and our NHS, doctors won't take it any more'." Junior doctors have been striking for a number of years now, with the most recent walkout happening in 2016. This year's pay increase only covers the next three years, and the Department of Health and Social Care said that, alongside an 8.2% pay rise over four years, the current deal also introduced higher bands of pay for the most experienced staff, and increased rates for night shifts. Health Secretary Steve Barclay said he had met with the BMA to discuss pay and conditions, and said he had "hugely valued" the work of junior doctors. However, the pay award for the 2023-24 financial year is expected to be announced in the coming

Junior doctors in England are striking for three days in a dispute over pay and conditions. Their pay has decreased since 2008, and they are seeking a inflation-matching pay raise. The government is negotiating with other healthcare unions, but the junior doctors have not yet agreed to come in and talk.