Junior doctors’ leader apologises for booking holiday during strike

Doctors are walking out for four days and want their pay restored to 2008 levels

Dr Rob Laurenson is co-chair of the British Medical Association’s Junior Doctors Committee (Facebook)

A junior doctors’ leader behind one of the longest ever NHS strikes has apologised for “undermining” the action by going on holiday while his colleagues are on the picket line.

Dr Rob Laurenson, co-chair of the British Medical Association’s Junior Doctors Committee, took annual leave to attend a family friend’s wedding this week, meaning he will be paid while striking doctors miss out.

In a message to his colleagues, posted online, he wrote: “I can see that you feel undermined and I am really sorry my actions have contributed to that.”