Senior Doctors in England Vote to Strike but Nurses Set to End Industrial Action

Senior Doctors in England Vote to Strike but Nurses Set to End Industrial Action
Striking junior doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside St. Thomas's Hospital in London, on June 14, 2023. Lucy North/PA Media
Alexander Zhang
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Senior doctors in England have voted in favour of taking industrial action, but the threat of more strikes by nurses has ended after a union ballot failed to meet the legal threshold.

The British Medical Association (BMA) said on Tuesday that 86 percent of its members backed industrial action on a turnout of 71 percent, well above the legal threshold of 50 percent.