How much will resident doctors' strikes cost the UK economy?

As many as 50,000 junior doctors – now known as resident doctors – are three days into a strike called by the British Medical Association. The strike could hit the UK economy with a £13m bill as the BMA calls for a 29 per cent pay rise. That’s according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research, which says that over five days the strike will cost £64m in total. Read more of the story here 👇 https://www.cityam.com/five-day-doctors-strikes-begin-as-wes-streeting-bma-talks-break-down/ Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cityam Produced by: Matt Kenyon, Joseph Curay Teneda, Joe Lee, Emmanuel Nwosu #health #doctor #strike #protest #residentdoctors #juniordoctors #juniordoctorprotest #healthcare #politics #politicalnews #economy #economics #business #businessnews #finance #financialnews #personalfinance #worktrends #news #uk #ukeconomy #ukpolitics #uknews