Junior doctors in England have begun a three-day walkout, which is part of their longest-ever strike, in response to a 26% real-terms pay cut since 2008. The strike is expected to cause significant disruption to the NHS, with Downing Street warning of a substantial impact on patient care, especially for the elderly. Over 300,000 appointments and operations may be canceled. The BMA and the Department of Health's negotiations broke down earlier this month, prompting the action. The government has stated that discussions can resume, while junior doctors in Wales plan a 72-hour strike in the new year. An additional 6 days of strike action are scheduled from January 3, following a 6%+£1,250 pay imposition earlier this year. The current strike is set to last until Saturday, December 23.
Junior doctors’ strike enters second day with no sign of resolution to pay row https://t.co/4jlQ10tbAX
Junior doctors stage second day of strikes amid long-running pay row - defying Health Secretary's warnings that walkout will disrupt the NHS and stop some patients being sent home from hospital for Christmas https://t.co/Kkmp4EwoBx https://t.co/1RR86ky319
More than 300,000 appointments and operations are likely to be cancelled due to junior doctors' strikes over the Christmas period. "These junior doctors are not poorly paid." #TalkTV https://t.co/YDLOVga8zn
The latest round of junior doctors' strikes could lead to more than 300,000 operations and appointments being cancelled, analysis shows, as medics walked out for a second day https://t.co/j8vkXSAC52
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care @VictoriaAtkins joins @AnnaJonesSky on Breakfast to discuss the junior doctor strikes continuing today across England. 🕐 7:15 👉 #Breakfast 📺 Sky 501 / Freeview 233 📱 Watch live: https://t.co/jCgTS4BQOp
'Some of these militant junior doctors out on strike have been qualified for less than a year. They are striking, and people who have worked all their lives, paid taxes all their lives, paid for the NHS all their lives, are the ones paying the price now.' @PatrickChristys https://t.co/ST9Fd0OW53
NHS junior doctors in England begin three-day strike as patients warned of 'significant disruption' https://t.co/Pq1kicVa4W
Junior doctors' pay is down 26% since 2008. They're understaffed and overstretched, impacting the care they can provide – and yet the Tories still ignore their calls for fair pay. So junior doctors are on strike again – for fair pay and for the future of our NHS. Solidarity!
Join @iancollinsuk from 1pm-3pm: ► BBC SPOTY embroiled in row. ► Junior doctors on strike. ► Kemi Badenoch wades into row over trans guidance in schools. 📺 https://t.co/kpGZKAxbl7 https://t.co/RBi08a5okS
Junior doctors have begun three days of strike action in England over pay and conditions. The walk-out started after negotiations between the British Medical Association and the Department of Health broke down earlier this month 👇 https://t.co/opFpnYw72p https://t.co/bdnGz6gAYg
Patients are being warned to expect major disruption as junior doctors take part in strike action over pay. https://t.co/uXWYsfyG9v
Junior doctors in #England have ramped up their industrial action, beginning the first walk-out of their biggest strike yet, which hospitals warn could threaten emergency care provision at one of the busiest times of the year. https://t.co/jdMf2Sxvpt
Solidarity with all @BMA_JuniorDocs striking today. The NHS is nothing without its staff, we cannot recruit the doctors we need while relentlessly cutting pay in real terms. https://t.co/YPCWjA6XQs
Junior doctors in England are going on their longest-ever strike. Health Minister @VictoriaAtkins says she 'wants clinicians to be able to enjoy their christmas but their going to be picking up the slack for these doctors who are on strike.' https://t.co/EGHGASqn6Q 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/x3kSQ0gJVl
As junior doctors across England begin the first of their three-day strike, Health Minister @VictoriaAtkins says 'the NHS should be there for all of us when we need it', adding she has concerns over cancelled appointments and emergency care. 🔗https://t.co/TaavpMwWiP 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/lNTqyEGOgE
Junior doctors picket hospitals in latest walkout https://t.co/9CVYt9ppok
Another winter. Another strike. Except this time the industrial action by junior doctors will be longer than any other NHS history Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/sT7cxmLkw1
Everything you need to know about the junior doctor’s strike in England⬇️ Latest: https://t.co/QfogNkskXX 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/ZGDeuycjke
The Sun’s Trevor Kavanagh says the junior doctors' strikes have been “deliberately timed.” “If there was any such thing as Christmas spirit, I think it’s been totally evaporated this year.” @JakeBerry https://t.co/ol6RW7lRKq
Former NHS Trust chairman Roy Lilley describes the upheaval of a doctor walk-out as 'huge' and 'horrendous', as junior doctors begin their longest strike in the health service's history. 🔗 https://t.co/WQr2V3qdTn 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/RVbhe6Yrga
Patients have been warned that there will be significant disruption to NHS services as junior doctors have gone on a 72 hour strike. They were picketing outside University College London earlier today. https://t.co/g905JAJ38h
A health service cannot function properly without junior doctors. But their real pay has fallen by over 26% since 2008/09. To save the NHS we need to pay all staff decently. That's why I support the junior doctors' strike! https://t.co/zfX5DhVSrv
Junior doctors in England intensify strikes, posing threat to emergency care https://t.co/0iCxrF8gc7 https://t.co/F7Ac44rqCQ
‘Patients come first!’ Britons rage as junior doctors strike just days before Christmas https://t.co/tZGR7YXcBN
Government says 'door is open' for talks as junior doctors begin three days of strikes Read more⬇️ https://t.co/OlhLT8rcoQ
🗞 Elderly patients at risk in junior doctors’ Christmas strike 🗞 @TheSimonEvans, @LeoKearse and @mrstevenallen discuss an article in today's Times newspaper. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🔓 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/KSy9pP5mjf
From today, junior doctors in England are going on their longest-ever strike. Sky's @M_Veselinovic reports live from a picket line in Central London. https://t.co/4wwZIXBeB3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/LE3IkW4LK8
UK junior doctors start a 3-day walkout amid prolonged pay dispute https://t.co/JxEqqXJofZ via @AlexJFMorales https://t.co/RNnM1706fb
From today, junior doctors in the UK are going on their longest-ever strike. Sky's @M_Veselinovic reports live from a picket line in Central London. https://t.co/4wwZIXBeB3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/imeRYgskQX
‘Over the next 3 weeks, there will only be 4 days where the NHS is fully operational.’ GB News London Reporter, @Smartle, discusses the impact of strikes from junior doctors over the festive season. https://t.co/kIoUXJCutV
England's junior doctors ramp up strikes in threat to emergency care https://t.co/8zbfAo2MGa https://t.co/9ONuTB5eyj
Solidarity with striking junior doctors who are fighting for the very future of our NHS✊ https://t.co/4hu5Nzd2TY
Militant junior doctors are urged to 'come back to the table' as thousands begin 3-day NHS strike that threatens to cripple hospitals at 'worst possible time' in demand of 35% pay rise https://t.co/JCRgraF22v https://t.co/gMKshhdavW
Solidarity and support to the @BMA_JuniorDocs taking strike action starting today. #PayRestoration #DoctorsStrike https://t.co/h003bx29T9
Junior doctors in England ramped up their industrial action, beginning the first walk-out of their biggest strike yet, which hospitals warn could threaten emergency care provision at one of the busiest times of the year https://t.co/yPWiBff62o
'It's going to be extremely difficult for hospitals to keep the elderly safe over Christmas.' As the junior doctors' strike enters its 26th day, Ellie quizzes Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen on patient safety. 🔓 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/pL1CUDXxV8
Solidarity @BMA_JuniorDocs taking 216-hour strike action from today ✊ Junior Drs are overworked & underpaid its no wonder there are thousands of vacancies in the #NHS. When will the Government recognise this & seriously negotiate with unions & workers for #PayRestoration https://t.co/zj56yCV2oL
NHS braces for junior doctors’ strike https://t.co/5ZlPeIp9xK
BMA's Junior Doctor Committee co-chair @RobLaurensonD4P joins @KayBurley to talk about further junior doctor strikes taking place over three days, from this morning until Saturday 23 December. 🕐 7:30 👉 #KayBurley 📺 Sky 501 / Freeview 233 📱 Watch live: https://t.co/jCgTS4CoDX
Junior doctors in England begin a 3-day walkout as their months-long pay dispute drags on, adding to pressure on the NHS https://t.co/ci98kDuPrd
Disruption warning in England as junior doctor strikes return https://t.co/4FIPbukRDg
Junior doctors in England begin a 3-day walkout as their months-long pay dispute drags on, adding to pressure on the National Health Service and dealing another blow to Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut waiting lists https://t.co/dhcUJcow3f
🗞 Elderly patients at risk in junior doctors’ Christmas strike 🗞 @TheSimonEvans, @LeoKearse and @mrstevenallen discuss an article in tomorrow’s Times newspaper. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🔓 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/8DNFf7oL6c
Hospitals face struggle to keep patients safe over Christmas due to junior doctors' strike https://t.co/Mh7NNHrF9Q
Junior doctors in England will take 3 days of strike action from tomorrow. They have suffered a 26% real-terms pay cut since 2008. Latest offer from the Government is an additional 3%. 6%+£1,250 was imposed earlier this year. Additional 6 days of strike action from 3 January.
How healthy is the NHS? Junior doctors in England are set to walk out tomorrow as their dispute over pay and conditions continues. @SophyRidgeSky discusses the future of the health service and the issues it faces. #PoliticsHub https://t.co/GlTNastFii 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/1ryN0faGHG
Strikes by junior doctors in England - that start tomorrow - will have a “significant impact” on patient care, Downing Street has said https://t.co/e3uXPvPgxJ
Junior doctors in Wales have announced they will go on strike in the New Year Read more ⬇ https://t.co/gLS2uaSP1P
Junior doctors in Wales to strike over pay, union announces Read more ⬇ https://t.co/k6RlARvDJ0
Junior doctors in Wales are to stage a 72-hour strike in the new year after voting overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action ✍️: @AlanJonesPA https://t.co/BdUJBC70NB
NHS Wales: Junior doctors to go on three-day strike https://t.co/Vi5gIPrjIB
What are the arguments for and against junior doctors going on strike this week?