The British Medical Association (BMA) Resident Doctors Committee has declined to negotiate further pay increases following a recent 28.9% rise, insisting that an additional 29% increase is non-negotiable. This demand is framed as necessary to address real-terms earnings losses since 2008, with some doctors using a high Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation measure to justify the claim. The pay dispute has led to planned strike actions, which have drawn criticism from prominent medical figures. Professor Lord Robert Winston, a leading UK doctor and IVF pioneer, resigned from the BMA in protest against the strikes, describing them as damaging and criticizing the union for not consulting its members before taking what he called a 'nuclear option.' The strikes and pay demands have sparked debate over the ethics of the industrial action, with some questioning the impact on patient care and the sustainability of the doctors' pension schemes amid the funding requests.