- Hospital doctors in Northern Ireland have voted for two 24-hour walkouts on 25 and 29 June — emergency and critical care will be maintained but planned operations and procedures will be postponed.
- Big majorities backed action (92% of residents, 79% of consultants) after rejecting a 3.5% pay uplift, saying pay has lagged behind other parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland and been below inflation for years.
- The Health Minister said he was disappointed and wants to implement the award but is constrained by the lack of an agreed budget; talks with unions are ongoing.
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