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ALT Graphic with an orange gradient background and a silhouette crowd holding banners and placards at the bottom. Large white text reads: “Consultants confirm strike action”. A banner at the top says “Consultants in England”. A white box displays the dates “25 & 26 November”. At the bottom is an orange button reading “Find out why” with a white arrow icon.
ALT Graphic with an orange gradient background and a silhouette crowd holding banners and placards along the bottom. At the top, a banner reads “Consultants in England”. Large text states: “18 months in dispute. Still no formal negotiations.” A white text box below reads: “Consultants are taking industrial action after repeated calls for formal negotiations have failed to produce progress.” A white circular arrow icon appears in the bottom right corner.
ALT Graphic with an orange gradient background and a silhouette crowd holding banners and placards along the bottom. A banner at the top reads “Consultants in England”. Large text states: “Christmas Day levels of cover will continue during the industrial action.” A white text box below reads: “Our mandate must now lead to a credible offer that addresses the dispute.” The BMA logo appears at the bottom centre.
ALT Graphic from Resident Doctors in England on a blue background. Large text reads: “This weekend the clocks go back.” The word “clocks” includes an alarm clock illustration in place of the letter O. Below, text reads: “If this means you could be working for longer, or that you’ll breach safe working requirements, make sure you raise this with your employer in advance, or file an exception report.”
ALT Graphic for Resident Doctors in England. Headline reads: “More training posts. More opportunities to progress.” Statistics shown: “1,000+ new training posts delivered”, “32 higher training programmes”, “16 core and run-through programmes”, and “32 new academic clinical fellow posts”. Text at the bottom reads: “We secured this through your collective action.” A doctor wearing scrubs and a stethoscope appears on the right-hand side.
ALT Graphic for resident doctors in England. Text reads: “Competition ratios heading in the right direction.” A comparison shows competition ratios falling from 3.69 applicants per post without prioritisation to 1.86 applicants per post with prioritisation. Icons representing applicants are shown alongside each figure. Text at the bottom reads: “Progress, and the fight for more training posts continues.”
ALT Graphic for resident doctors in England. Text reads: “Improving pay and conditions for those out of training.” It highlights achievements secured for locally employed doctors (LEDs): permanent contracts; pay progression through the new enhanced appraisals process; reimbursement of exam, portfolio and membership fees; and a new national contract providing access to exception reporting. BMA logo at the bottom on a blue background.
ALT Graphic on blue background, showing scissors making a cut. Text reads: “Doctors in England. 2.4% for doctors. This is a real terms pay cut. At a time when the NHS desperately needs to keep its doctors, the Government is proposing a pay uplift below inflation.”
ALT Graphic on blue background, showing scissors making a cut. Text reads: “Doctors in England. 2.4% for doctors. This is a real terms pay cut. At a time when the NHS desperately needs to keep its doctors, the Government is proposing a pay uplift below inflation.”
