JUNIOR doctors are proposing to go on strike for a week every month for the rest of the year as the row over a new contract being imposed on them by the Government intensifies.

Strikes took place between January and April after junior doctors failed to come to an agreement over Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's proposals.

Earlier this month the junior doctors committee (JDC) of the British Medical Association (BMA) requested a meeting of BMA Council to authorise a "rolling programme of escalated industrial action", starting in early September.

Ellen McCourt, who chairs the JDC, said the BMA could not "stand idly by" as the date for imposition drew nearer, and that forcing a contract on doctors which they did not have confidence in would be bad for patients.

Leaked papers on the plans, seen by the Daily Mail, suggest they plan to strike from 8am to 5pm for five days in a row, with the first series of walk-outs possibly starting on September 12.

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