RESIDENT doctors in England today begin to be balloted on renewed industrial action over the Government’s pay rise offer.
Ministers announced last week that most doctors would receive a four per cent rise following the latest review of public sector pay.
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Resident doctors — formerly known as junior doctors — would get an extra £750.
But trade union the British Medical Association said it does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.
It confirmed resident doctors in England would start to receive ballots for industrial action from today.
The ballot closes on July 7 and, if doctors vote for action, a mandate would last from July to next January.
Co-chairs of the union’s Resident Doctors Committee urged doctors to vote for strike action.
Dr Melissa Ryan and Dr Ross Nieuwoudt said: “Doctors have seen their pay decline by 23 per cent in real terms since 2008.
“We are urging doctors to vote yes to strike action.
“But while doctors continue to return these ballots, our door is always open.”
Resident doctors in the BMA have taken industrial action 11 times since 2022.
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