UK senior doctors in England to be balloted for strike action, union says
UK senior doctors in England to be balloted for strike action, union says
ReutersTue, March 31, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC
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FILE PHOTO: Resident doctors from the British Medical Association picket outside St Thomas’ Hospital during the union’s 14th strike in a dispute over pay and working conditions that began in March 2023, as hospitals manage a rise in cases of a virulent flu strain, in London, Britain, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo
LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - Britain's doctors' union will ballot senior doctors in England for industrial action after talks with the government failed to make progress and last week's pay award was deemed insufficient, the British Medical Association said on Tuesday.
The BMA said parallel ballots of hospital consultants and specialist, associate specialist and specialty doctors would run from May 11 to July 6.
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If approved, the move could leave the government facing the risk of industrial action by all doctors working in secondary care in England at the same time.
(Reporting by Sarah Young, writing by Sam Tabahriti)
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