Junior Doctors Begin Longest Strike in ‘Toughest Week’ for NHS

BMA members are walking out for six days after talks broke down before Christmas. NHS leaders say the week after New Year is typically the busiest of the year.

Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association outside St. Thomas's Hospital, London, as they take to picket lines for six days during their continuing dispute over pay, on Jan. 3, 2024. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Junior doctors in England started their longest strike on Wednesday, in what has been described as “the toughest week” of the year for hospitals.

The six-day walkout by members of the British Medical Association (BMA) is part of an ongoing dispute over pay.