Resident doctors outside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in 2023 (Image: Liverpool Echo)

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Resident doctors (formerly known as junior doctors), who make up about half the NHS medical workforce, held a strike from Friday, November 14, to Wednesday, November 19, which included a picket line outside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling for a 26% pay uplift to restore resident doctors' earnings, which they argue have been significantly eroded by inflation.

The government claims its 29% pay settlement with resident doctors over the last three years was one of the largest in the public sector and was meant to resolve two years of walkouts.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting criticised the BMA for not puttin

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