UK Resident Doctors Strike

The British Medical Association is demanding a significant pay increase to address what it calls a decade of real-terms wage erosion.

Public support for the strikes appears to be waning as the cumulative cost of the disputes exceeds £3 billion.

Hospitals have been forced to cancel thousands of appointments and elective surgeries during the peak of the spring season.

The government maintains that the current pay offer is fair and that further demands are unaffordable in the current economic climate.