They included two trainee doctors, ages 25 and 28, from the same hospital.
These included people working in transport, those involved in activities at sea and trainee doctors.
Increasing calls to set up an alternative organisation to represent trainee doctors intensified after the decision.
"Because of that we decided to require trainee doctors allocated to ward work to attend Sandwell during today's strike".
As new boys (and girls), young trainee doctors are expected to work until they drop, often completing 100-hour weeks.
A group of trainee doctors in the hallway were discussing a recent case of a baby with breathing problems.
HEE has taken a tough stance before with the North Middlesex over the conditions faced by trainee doctors.
Most trainee doctors come from the professional classes, and many are privately schooled.But the academy cannot win.
Trainee doctors in Scotland and Wales will not be balloted because they will not have to face new contracts.
Were England's 45,000 trainee doctors to strike, it would probably affect a wide range of NHS services and potentially lead to the cancellation of planned operations.
But this strategy is running out of time.Under a new agreement, the maximum working week of trainee doctors will fall in August to 56 hours.
