UNITE members at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health are due to strike over an “appalling pay offer,” the union announced yesterday.

Despite a massive 96 per cent vote in favour of walkouts on a 90 per cent turnout, bosses still offered workers a significantly below-inflation 4 per cent wage boost, which was overwhelmingly rejected, Unite said.

The London-based royal college, which is the membership body for paediatricians in Britain and around the world, is now set to face two three-day strikes from May 15 and 23. The latter walkout coincides with the organisation’s annual conference in Glasgow.