Resident Doctors In Scotland To Go On Strike Over Pay For First Time

Scotland's resident doctors are to spell connected onslaught successful a conflict complete salary - nan first clip a nationalist walkout has been staged by NHS workers.

Their national BMA Scotland had accused nan authorities of reneging connected a committedness to reconstruct salary to 2008 levels.

With 92% voting successful favour, onslaught dates person been group for 07:00 connected Tuesday 13 January to 07:00 connected Saturday 17 January 2026.

However, BMA Scotland said it still believed a solution could beryllium recovered and called for nan Scottish authorities to get backmost to nan negotiating array and coming a "credible offer".

Resident doctors - who utilized to beryllium called inferior doctors - dress up almost half of nan aesculapian workforce successful Scotland.

They scope from recently qualified doctors to those pinch up to 10 years experience.

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