Junior doctors in England back strike action over pay demand

8/7/2025 19:48

Junior doctors in England have voted in favour of taking strike action, their trade union said on Tuesday, threatening Britain's hospitals with a wave of disruption just as the government has started to improve services.



Junior doctors, who are also known as resident doctors, voted for industrial action after they were offered an average 5.4% pay rise by the government, far below the 29% they say is necessary to address years of erosion in real-terms pay.





The mandate allows industrial action to take place until January but the BMA said there was "still time to avert strike action."