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Guardian UK·27.05.2026·🇬🇧United Kingdom·صحة

England's Resident Doctors to Stage 16th Strike Over Pay and Jobs Dispute

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Resident doctors in England will next month stage the 16th strike in their long-running jobs and pay dispute, and have blamed the new health secretary for their decision. They will strike for four days from 7am on Monday 15 June until 6.59am on Friday 19 June. [...] The NHS Alliance [...] criticised the latest strike. [...] Meanwhile, the BMA’s GPs committee plans to ballot family doctors in England about the possibility of surgeries starting to offer patients much more private care.

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