Key Facts

• The planned strike by resident doctors will last five days, from November 14 to 19.
• The strike is part of an ongoing pay dispute; it will be the 13th strike since March 2023.
• UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the government will not be forced into agreements by the doctors' strike.
• The British Medical Association (BMA) stated that disruption to patients could be avoided if the government accepted their proposals.
• Streeting mentioned that pay negotiations are not included in the current deal, which focuses on training and exam fees instead.
• The BMA claims that resident doctors' pay is 20% lower than it was in 2008, considering inflation.
• The union wants the government to address the shortage of jobs for second-year resident doctors moving into specialty training.
• Streeting partly blamed previous strikes for increasing NHS waiting lists, with August figures showing around 6.26 million patients waiting for treatment.