‘Completely unprecedented’: resident doctors to press ahead with strike

Wes Streeting says move shows disdain for patients' while BMA insist pay demands not taken seriously in talks

Wes Streeting has condemned the decision by resident doctors to recklessly and needlessly" press ahead with strike action, saying it is completely unprecedented in the history of British trade unionism".

In a fiery statement after the British Medical Association (BMA) said there was no offer on the table that could avert the industrial action on Friday, the health secretary said resident doctors were offered changes to working conditions and career progression but chose to continue with industrial action.