Strike action by resident doctors in Scotland will cause 'substantial disruption' and could 'bring about harm' if it goes ahead next week, health secretary Neil Gray has warned.
Nearly 200 essential staff at Airedale Hospital will take seven days of strike action in January in a fight for pension equality.
Resident doctors in England have 'overwhelmingly' voted to reject the Government's new offer on jobs and go ahead with strike action later this week.
NHS leaders are set to find out whether resident doctors, who make up to half the medical workforce, will be going out on strike later this week.
The Government has offered resident doctors in England an improved deal in a bid to avert next week's strike action.
Resident doctors in England have announced new strike dates over jobs and pay.
The BMA resident doctors committee in England (RDC) is to reballot its members for another six months of industrial action.
Strike action started within the intensive care unit at Bassetlaw Hospital this morning (27 November) and is due to last until 7:45am on 29 November.
The NHS managed to keep more than 95% of planned elective activity going ahead during recent strike action by resident doctors, surpassing the 93% protected during action in July, new data reveals.
The BMA is calling on health secretary Wes Streeting to put aside ‘hostile rhetoric’ and sit down with the union to secure future jobs and pay.
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