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Health
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Senior NHS doctors will go on strike in November after branding the government's proposed 2.4 per cent pay rise 'an insult'.
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doctors → go → rise
In a statement, the British Medical Association (BMA) claimed its 'repeated calls to enter formal negotiations' had been ignored.
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calls → claim → negotiations
The union added: 'Following an emergency meeting last week, the consultants committee voted reluctantly but decisively in favour of strike action.
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committee → add → action
'We firmly believe this is now the only way to make the Government take consultants and the issues that threaten our profession seriously.
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that → believe → profession
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Consultants in England will walk out from 6:59am on November 25 to 6:59am on November 27.
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Consultants → walk → November
Unions put the NHS on notice earlier this month following the below–inflation proposed pay rise.
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Unions → put → rise
The BMA, which represents doctors, described the real–terms pay cut as 'derisory' and said it 'beggars belief', while the Royal College of Nursing described it as a 'betrayal'.
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College → represent → betrayal
Dr Helen Neary and Dr Shanu Datta, co–chairs of the BMA's consultants committee, said: 'As the most senior and skilled doctors in the NHS, consultants not only provide frontline, life–saving care, but they are central to running and designing services, training and supervising the future workforce, and ensuring patients get the best treatment possible.
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patients → say → treatment
Senior NHS doctors will go on strike in November, the British Medical Association has said (file image)
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Association → go → image
Yvette Cooper, Secretrary of State for Health and Social Care, will need to decide whether to cave in to union demands for more pay
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Cooper → need → pay
Solving the pressures facing the health service will be impossible without valuing and retaining these doctors.
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Solving → solve → doctors
'Yet the Government is failing to recognise this, ignoring our concerns around consultants' wellbeing and workload, and pushing them further away from the NHS.'
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Government → fail → NHS
Consultants in England last went on strike in 2023 but have been in dispute with the Government since last year.
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Consultants → go → year
The planned walkout comes after members of the BMA voted in favour of a mandate for industrial action in July.
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members → plan → July
The BMA said the strike can be avoided if Health Secretary Yvette Cooper commits to formal negotiations on pay and working conditions.
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Cooper → say → pay
Emergency cover will continue during the strike.
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cover → continue → strike
Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose to 3.1 per cent in August 2026 with core inflation (excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco) reaching 2.6 per cent.
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inflation → rise → cent
The Bank of England has said inflation is expected to rise further as a result of global pressures on higher energy prices.
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inflation → say → prices
Resident doctors are earning 35.2 per cent more on average than they were four years ago after 15 rounds of strikes that cost the NHS over £3billion and led to the cancellation of 1.5million appointments.
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that → earn → appointments
In 2026, the Government accepted a 3.5 per cent pay increase recommended by the DDRB, exceeding its initial proposal of 2.5 per cent.
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Government → accept → cent
In addition to a salary raise, the BMA has asked for a reduction in the full-time working week for consultants, improved payment for out of hours work and ensuring consultants towards the end of their career can 'recoup lost pension value'.
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consultants → ask → value
This is a breaking news story.
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This → break → ?
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