Resident doctors begin five-day strike in latest walkout over pay

Thirteenth action since March 2023 will put further pressure on stretched budgets, say NHS groups

Thousands of resident doctors have begun strike action across England in a dispute over pay.

The five-day action, which began at 7am on Friday, is the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023 and health leaders have warned that the NHS may have to cut frontline staff and offer fewer appointments and operations if the strikes continue.