Junior doctors in England are to stage the longest strike in NHS history after talks between their union and the government broke down.
Ministers and representatives from the British Medical Association have been locked in talks for five weeks, trying to find a resolution to the pay dispute.
But the BMA said the Department for Health and Social Care has not been able to put forward a credible offer to end the industrial action.
As a result, the BMA's junior doctors committee has voted unanimously for strikes in December and January, the union said.
Junior doctors in England will walk out from 7am on December 20 to 7am on December 23, 2023 and from 7am on January 3 to 7am on January 9, 2024.
The strike in January is six full days, thought to be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service, the union said.