epa12260762 A participant holds a placard as resident doctors rally on strike outside St. Thomas’s hospital in London, Britain, 25 July 2025. Resident doctors have begun a five-day strike across England and Wales over pay and work conditions. EPA/ANDY RAIN

epa12260757 Striking resident doctors display a banner during a picket outside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Liverpool, Britain, 25 July 2025. Resident doctors in the UK have begun a five-day strike over pay restoration, demanding a 29 percent pay increase in order to restore the value of their salaries to 2008 levels and keep up with...

epa12260752 A participant holds a placard as resident doctors rally on strike outside St. Thomas’s hospital in London, Britain, 25 July 2025. Resident doctors have begun a five-day strike across England and Wales over pay and work conditions. EPA/ANDY RAIN