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Added on the 26/04/2016 13:24:04 - Copyright : AFP EN
Images show a picket line in front of UCL hospital in London as junior doctors begin a 3-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out in the lastest of a wave of UK industrial action. The strike by junior doctors -- who are not senior specialists but can still have decades of experience -- is the longest they have ever staged. The British Medical Association, the body representing them, says junior doctors have suffered a 26% real-terms paycut since 2008/09 and are demanding a 35% wage hike to combat this. IMAGES
Ahead of the imposition of a new contract Junior doctors in the UK have begun two days of full strikes controversially including both A&E and maternity care.
Junior doctors in England start their first ever all-out strike in a bitter, deadlocked row with Prime Minister David Cameron's government over pay and conditions. IMAGES
Junior Doctors and student nurses have walked out after negotiations failed with the government.
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Images of a picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital in central London as hospital doctors in England begin their longest consecutive strike in the seven-decade history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS). Junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- started a six-day walkout, in a major escalation of their long-running pay dispute with the UK government. IMAGES