'It's been very busy this afternoon and quite stressful.' A senior A&E doctor has given an insight into their day at a London emergency department during this week's junior doctors' strike. More:
Junior doctors will strike from 6.59am on Tuesday 11 April to 6.59am on Saturday 15 April - a total of 96 hours.Why are junior doctors striking?
The strikes are primarily over pay. The BMA said the wage for junior doctors has fallen 26% in the last 15 years, with newly qualified medicsIt has demanded a 35% pay rise for junior doctors to bring salaries back to 2008-2009 levels, calling this"pay restoration". "The lack of investment in wages by the government has made it harder to recruit and retain junior doctors," the BMA said.Dr Tal Ellenbogen tells Sky News 'we are being set up to fail'
"If junior doctors are forced out of the NHS because of poor pay and conditions, the services we all rely on to look after our loved ones will suffer."and described having to borrow money off family for medical exams, watching colleagues leave for better paid jobs abroad and how they were struggling to pay rent.
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