{"id":302480,"date":"2025-12-15T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/resident-doctors-will-go-on-strike-on-wednesday-after-the-bma-rejected-the-governments-offer\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:00:18","slug":"resident-doctors-will-go-on-strike-on-wednesday-after-the-bma-rejected-the-governments-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/resident-doctors-will-go-on-strike-on-wednesday-after-the-bma-rejected-the-governments-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident doctors will go on strike on Wednesday after the BMA rejected the government&#8217;s offer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5QpCvLZDYZ4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Resident doctors will go on strike on Wednesday after the BMA rejected the government's offer.\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5QpCvLZDYZ4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Resident doctors will go on strike on Wednesday after the British Medical Association (BMA) rejected an offer from the government.<\/p>\n<p>The BMA had been consulting resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, on whether or not to press ahead with a five-day walkout from 7am on December 17 to 7am on December 22.<\/p>\n<p>The union voted by 83% to 17% to continue with the strike action, with a turnout of 65%.<\/p>\n<p>BMA resident doctors committee (RDC) chair Dr Jack Fletcher accused Health Secretary Wes Streeting of having &quot;fumbled&quot; the talks, while Streeting called the strikes &quot;self-indulgent, irresponsible and dangerous.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the union put an offer from the government to members, saying the deal aims to end the \u201cjobs crisis for doctors in England\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resident doctors will go on strike on Wednesday after the British Medical Association (BMA) rejected an offer from the government. 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