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Deadline Passes on UK Doctors' Deal as Six-Day Strike Set for April 7

The missed deadline puts thousands of promised training places at risk.

Resident doctors from the British Medical Association picket outside St Thomas' Hospital during the union’s 13th strike in a pay dispute which began in March 2023, in London, Britain, November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo
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Resident doctors from the British Medical Association picket outside St Thomas’ Hospital during the union’s 14th strike in a dispute over pay and working conditions that began in March 2023, as hospitals manage a rise in cases of a virulent flu strain, in London, Britain, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo
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Overview

  • Resident doctors will stage a six-day walkout from 7 to 13 April after a 48-hour ultimatum to call off strikes expired without a deal.
  • The government says the offer to create thousands of specialty training posts will be pulled, with 1,000 places that were due this month now on hold.
  • Keir Starmer called the committee’s rejection reckless and pointed to a package with a 3.5% rise this year, pay progression reforms, exam fee refunds and up to 4,500 training posts.
  • The BMA says ministers moved the goalposts by cutting pay funding and spreading rises over longer, and it says it will keep talking if a credible offer is put forward.
  • NHS England warns the post‑Easter timing will strain safe cover, and this 15th walkout since 2023 could delay care and add costs the prime minister puts at £250 million per strike.