Healthcare workers demonstrate outside hospitals in England, launching longest strike of its kind in NHS history
‘They threw us to the wolves during the pandemic with inadequate PPE, and now they’re leaving us out to dry during the cost of living crisis,” said Dr Robert Laurenson, a trainee GP and co-chair of the British Medical Association junior doctors’ committee.
Laurenson was one of many doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers demonstrating outside St Thomas’ hospital in London on Thursday morning. It was the first of five days of industrial action by junior doctors in England, the longest strike of its kind in NHS history. Those on the picket line spoke of their disappointment with the government, as they went on strike for better pay, improved working conditions and adequate resources.
