Hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments could be cancelled if BMA members vote for series of stoppages

BMA union says it is giving Wes Streeting two weeks to come to the table to negotiate ‘a path to pay restoration’

Resident doctors have voted to strike over pay but how much has their real-terms earnings changed since 2008?

The doctors' union says it will seek fresh talks with ministers before setting strike days.

Exclusive: Latest poll comes as Wes Streeting urges medics to call off ‘unnecessary and unfair strikes’

As members vote to strike for a 29% pay rise, newly elected chair of UK’s main doctors union says he is no party lackey

Exclusive: Tom Dolphin says rise needed to redress real-terms earnings loss since 2008 and strikes could last years

Britain is now a poorer country, with stagnant growth. In this pay climate, the doctors are in danger of seeing public support ebb away