Resident doctors in England to go on strike for five days next month

Hospital bosses warn 14-19 November stoppage will make it harder to manage winter viruses and tackle waiting lists

Resident doctors in England will strike again next month – the 13th time since 2023 – a decision NHS bosses say is “the last thing the NHS needs”.

Hospital chiefs predicted that the stoppage would make it harder for the NHS to manage the increase in winter viruses and hamper its efforts to tackle the 7.4m waiting list backlog.