Junior doctors and consultants to go on strike together in UK: Here’s all you may want to know

After going on strikes separately, junior doctors and consultants have joined hands and planned to strike together demanding a pay hike and better service conditions. It will be the first time that both junior doctors and consultants will strike together. The British Medical Association has announced that the junior doctors will go on strike on September 20 with ‘Christmas Day’ levels of cover. It will be followed by strikes on September 21 and 22. On the other hand, consultants will strike on September 19 and 20 with similar ‘Christmas Day’ levels of cover.

Strike in October

So, there will be a total of four consecutive days of strike in government hospitals in Britain. But the problem of the patients won’t stop here. Both junior doctors and consultants will strike together on October 2, 3, and 4, with a ‘Christmas Day’ cover.

Doctors’ message

Talking to reporters, BMA junior doctor committee co-chairs Dr Rob Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi said that with this strike the junior doctors want to send a clear message to the government that they are not going anywhere. He also said that though the junior doctors would go ahead with their industrial action, the prime minister still can consider their demands and give them credible offers. He warned that refusing to talk is not the way forward.

FAQs:

When will the junior doctors go on strike in the UK?
The junior doctors in the UK will go on strike on September 20, 21, and 22 with ‘Christmas Day’ levels of cover. They will again strike on October 2, 3 and 4 with similar ‘Christmas Day’ levels of cover.

When will the medical consultants strike in the UK?
The medical consultants will strike on September 19 and 20 with ‘Christmas Day’ levels of cover. They will again go on strike on October 2, 3, and 4, with a similar ‘Christmas Day’ cover.