LONDON (Sputnik) — The rally began at Waterloo Place, before the activists marched along Pall Mall and Whitehall, ending in Parliament Square outside the House of Commons, the lower house of the UK legislature.
According to the British Medical Association, the amendments to the labor contracts, which are due to enter into force beginning with 2016, may lead to lower wages and an increase in doctors' usual working hours up to 15 instead of 12.
The opponents of the changes claim the new contract for doctors could mean pay cuts of up to 30 percent, which they say is unacceptable.
Similar rallies took place in the cities of Belfast and Nottingham earlier in the day, with another one planned in Dundee, Scotland's fourth largest city on Sunday.
Commenting on the large-scale protest action, UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt reportedly stated the government’s stance on the issue was somehow distorted. He also called on the trade union to return to negotiations and stressed that the authorities were doing everything possible to find a compromise.
