Junior doctors to strike for five days in September over new contract

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

JUNIOR doctors are to stage five days of strikes with 'full withdrawal of labour' over the controversial new contract for training medics, doctors' leaders have announced.

The strikes will take place between the hours of 8am and 5pm for five days between Monday September 12 and Friday September 16, the British Medical Association (BMA) said.

Junior doctors are proposing to go on strike for a week every month for the rest of the year as the row over a new contract being imposed on them by the Government intensifies. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

placeholder image — Junior doctors are proposing to go on strike for a week every month for the rest of the year as the row over a new contract being imposed on them by the Government intensifies. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

This action will be followed by “further dates” which are yet to be confirmed, a BMA spokeswoman said.

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Junior doctors to strike for five days in September over new contract

JUNIOR doctors are to stage five days of strikes with 'full withdrawal of labour' over the controversial new contract for training medics, doctors' leaders have announced.

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JUNIOR doctors are to stage five days of strikes with 'full withdrawal of labour' over the controversial new contract for training medics, doctors' leaders have announced.