Overview

• Ninety percent of resident doctors backed a five-day strike while demanding a 29.2% pay rise to restore two decades of real-terms losses.
• Health Secretary Wes Streeting will hold face-to-face talks with the British Medical Association next week in an attempt to avert the industrial action.
• A YouGov poll shows just one in three members of the public support the planned July strike, with 49% opposing it.
• Hospitals could incur consultant cover costs of up to £4,008 for each 12-hour shift during the walkout, straining tight NHS budgets.
• Senior medical figures such as Lord Ara Darzi and Professor Sir Stephen Powis have urged the BMA to reconsider, warning strikes risk eroding public trust in doctors.