Junior doctors have announced fresh strikes as part of an ongoing dispute over pay.
The strikes will coincide with the general election on July 4.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said it gave the Government "a final opportunity to make an offer and avoid strikes" after the election was called, but "this opportunity has not been taken up".
Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, co-chairs of the BMA’s junior doctors committee, said: "We made clear to the Government that we would strike unless discussions ended in a credible pay offer.
"For more than 18 months, we have been asking Rishi Sunak to put forward proposals to restore the pay junior doctors have lost over the past 15 years — equal to more than a quarter in real terms.
"When we entered mediation with the Government this month, we did so under the impression that we had a functioning government that would soon be making an offer.
"Clearly no offer is now forthcoming. Junior doctors are fed up and out of patience."
They added of the strike taking place during the election period: "If during this campaign he [Mr Sunak] makes such a public commitment that is acceptable to the BMA's junior doctors committee, then no strikes need go ahead."
When are the next junior doctor strikes?
Strikes will take place from 7am on Thursday, June 27 to Tuesday, July 2.
Why are junior doctors striking?
Junior doctors are striking to secure higher pay. The Government gave them an average pay rise of 8.8 per cent last summer and an extra 3 per cent at the end of last year, which they have rejected.
The BMA would like full pay "restoration" to reverse real-term cuts in pay since 2008-09. It also wants a new pay mechanism to prevent future salary decreases against inflation and the cost of living.
Junior doctors, who range in experience from those just out of university to those with 10 years or more, make up nearly half the doctors in the NHS. The BMA says the profession needs to be given more respect.
