THOUSANDS of junior doctors are set to launch four days of strike action today, as their union reported that some are paid as little as £14.09 for life-saving operations.

Pickets were expected at hospitals across England and the widespread public support shown during the doctors’ three days of strike action in March looks likely to be repeated.

On the eve of the strike their union the British Medical Association (BMA) reported that three junior doctors could collectively be paid just £66.55 for removing an appendix – £28 for a doctor with 10 years’ experience, £24.46 with seven years’ experience and £14.09 with one year’s experience.