Our December strike action
Residents in England took to the picket lines from 17-22 December in the fight for pay restoration.
FY1 colleagues joined them to strike for more jobs as well as pay.
The strike followed an indicative poll, where members rejected a last-minute offer put forward by the Government.
We’ve been clear with the Government that we need sufficient progress on both issues. The Government’s latest offer moved forwards on jobs but not on headline pay.
Watch our wrap video.
Vote YES in our re-ballot
We’ve heard you loud and clear – doctors need jobs and pay.
That’s why, with our mandate to strike over pay running out in January, we are now balloting all resident doctors over jobs and pay. If you are an FY1 doctor who voted for strike action over jobs and pay in September, this re-ballot includes you.
This will give us a single mandate that firmly unites all resident doctors - and shows the Government our collective strength.
It does not affect our existing mandates for resident doctors in England to strike again in December.
Keep an eye out for our orange envelopes and make sure to post your ballot paper back by 26 January.
The ballot will run from 8 December to 2 February.
Visit our ballot guidance page to find out more – and why it’s so important that you vote YES.
Government proposes a substantive pay cut in 2026: enough is enough
The Government’s evidence to the doctors’ pay review body, the DDRB, amounts to substantive pay cut.
This is on top of resident pay already being down by more than a fifth compared to 2008.
Resident doctors won’t back down until the Government wakes up to the scale of the crisis over pay and lack of specialty training places.
A brief history of our campaign
After 11 rounds of historic strike action, we reached a deal with Government in September 2024 that started a journey towards pay restoration.
But the deal with Government was just the first step.
Campaign resources
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