Resident doctors are set to walk out on the job this morning, beginning five days of industrial action after walks between the BMA union and the Health Secretary broke down

Health Secretary tells The i Paper the BMA 'rushed to strikes' demanding a 29 per cent rise for resident doctors in England

Wes Streeting has said “we are doing everything we can to minimise” patient harm as thousands of doctors go on strike over pay. A five-day walkout by resident doctors in England is under way, with members of the British Medical Association (BMA) manning picket lines across the country.

NHS bosses are putting patients at risk of harm in the upcoming doctors' strike, the British Medical Association says. The union believes NHS England's plan to limit the number of routine treatments being cancelled will stretch senior doctors covering for striking resident doctors too thinly.

A top NHS medic has issued a stark warning to striking doctors that tomorrow’s five-day walkout will harm patients.

The BMA is warning NHS England that its change in approach to planning for this week’s resident doctors strikes will risk patient safety for both those seeking routine and emergency treatment.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is promising to keep NHS services running as a five-day walkout by resident doctors gets underway in England.