London junior doctors sing version of Backstreet Boys hit on picket line

Staff have been walking out across England over a pay dispute.

Author: Josh KerrPublished 11th Apr 2023

Junior doctors taking part in a four-day strike in a row over pay have been getting musical on the picket line.

Members of the British Medical Association have walked out for 96-hours in their dispute with the government, but ministers have called the pay demands from the union unaffordable.

As part of strike action junior doctors have been joining picket lines across England, including London, with a contingent outside University College Hospital in Euston this morning (11 April).

As well as chanting and holding placards, striking junior doctors outside the hospital on Euston Road turned to adapted versions of songs - including the popular Backstreet Boys, I Want It That Way - to make themselves heard.

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Around 50,000 junior doctors in England are taking part in industrial action, with an estimated 350,000 appointments, including operations, being cancelled as a result.

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