Resident doctors have been picketing outside St. Thomas' Hospital on Friday morning as the strike began
Thousands of UK doctors in England on Friday launched a five-day strike over pay and training posts, the 13th walkout by medics since March 2023.
The strike from 0700 GMT by some resident doctors, those below consultant level who make up half the medical workforce of hospitals, was condemned by the Labour government’s health minister.
Wes Streeting said the leadership of the doctors’ union, the British Medical Association (BMA), was “choosing confrontation over care”.
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