This is the 14th walkout by resident doctors in the long-running pay dispute.
Streeting said resident doctors had received the largest pay rises of any public sector employees over the last three years, totalling nearly 30%.
“The BMA has chosen Christmas strikes to inflict damage on the NHS at the moment of maximum danger, refusing to postpone them to January to help patients and other NHS staff cope over Christmas.
“There is no need for these strikes to go ahead this week, and it reveals the BMA’s shocking disregard for patient safety and for other NHS staff. These strikes are self-indulgent, irresponsible and dangerous,” he added.
Meanwhile, Dr Nigel Wells, medical director at the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board – said patients would still get the care they needed, with senior doctors drafted in to provide cover.
Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board said people should attend hospital and GP appointments as planned unless they had been told not to.
It added that all other NHS staff, including consultants and specialist doctors, would be “working hard to keep people safe”.
