Pay & Contracts

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Resident doctors refuse to bow to health secretary’s ‘emotional blackmail’

Five-day strike begins as BMA demands action from the Government on pay and jobs

By Ben Ireland and Tim Tonkin 14.11.25

Health secretary describes strike as ‘morally reprehensible’

Wes Streeting says upcoming industrial action by resident doctors threatens the future of the NHS

Ben Ireland 13.11.25

The contract that wasn't

GPs in Northern Ireland thought they had a deal. But money to cover indemnity costs was clawed back and funding remains woefully inadequate. Jennifer Trueland hears from GPs about the overwhelming support for collective action

Jennifer Trueland 11.11.25

Senior doctors indicate willingness to strike

Ballot finds consultant and SAS doctors prepared to take industrial action in struggle for pay restoration

Tim Tonkin 04.09.25

BMA seeks deal with Government to tackle doctor unemployment as crisis looms

Fresh survey shows more than half of FY2 doctors have no job confirmed from next month

By Ben Ireland 29.07.25

Keeping up the fight

Ben Ireland joins resident doctors on a picket line in Birmingham as they take industrial action for the twelfth time in the pay restoration campaign, the first strike under a Labour government

Ben Ireland 25.07.25

GPs plan to withdraw services

Following vote to take collective action owing to contract imposition, doctors set out next steps

By Jennifer Trueland 04.07.25

Locally-employed doctors ‘should be properly paid’

BMA to push for greater levels of membership among cohort

Ben Ireland 25.06.25