By Dr Jack Fletcher

Resident doctors are on strike today over two issues: jobs and pay.

This year, we had 30,000 doctors applying for 10,000 jobs. That means around 20,000 fully qualified doctors are being turned away from jobs that would allow them to become consultants and GPs.

This is absurd when patients are struggling to get an appointment with their GP or being treated in hospital corridors after waiting hours on end to be seen.

At the same time, resident doctor pay is still a fifth lower in real terms than in 2008.

We’ve been clear with everyone, including the Health Secretary, that both of these issues need resolving to end our........

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