Junior Doctors in England Strike Over Pay, Disrupting NHS Services

The doctors, who make up nearly half of the NHS workforce, demand a 35% pay rise, rejecting the government's offer of an 8.8% increase.

Junior doctors in England, making up nearly half of the NHS workforce, are on strike demanding a 35% pay rise to address the 26.2% fall in the real-terms value of their salaries since 2008.
The government has offered an average pay increase of 8.8%, which the British Medical Association (BMA) representing the doctors, has rejected.
The strike is causing significant disruption, with thousands of appointments and procedures postponed or cancelled.
A six-day strike is planned for early next year, which will be the longest walkout in the NHS's 75-year history.
The strikes have so far affected over 1 million appointments and procedures, costing around £2 billion.