US EditionStarmer Sets 48-Hour Deadline for BMA to Halt England Doctors' Strike
Starmer warns the British Medical Association to cancel the six-day strike or risk losing 1,000 training posts amid ongoing pay and job disputes.
- Sir Keir Starmer has set a 48-hour deadline for the British Medical Association to halt a planned strike by resident doctors in England over pay and jobs.
- Starmer warned that if the strike goes ahead, an offer of 4,500 extra specialty training places for doctors over the next three years would be withdrawn.
- The BMA resident doctors' committee rejected a proposed deal that would have given doctors a 3.5% pay rise this year, bringing the total to 35% over three years.
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Resident doctors' training posts at risk unless they call off strike
Keir Starmer has threatened to withdraw the offer of thousands of new training positions for resident doctors if the British Medical Association (BMA) doesn’t call off strike action within 48 hours. The prime minister has adopted health secretary Wes Streeting’s new tactic to prevent resident doctors from striking by threatening to renege on established parts of the deal. To be clear, the BMA wants those training positions, but they’re not a bon…
Resident doctors: crunch talks to take place as deadline looms
The Prime Minister has given resident doctors 48 hours to reconsider a deal. Crunch talks are to take place between resident doctors and the Government after ministers threatened to remove a key element of the deal currently on the table. Sir Keir Starmer has given the resident doctors committee of the British Medical Association (BMA) a 48-hour deadline to reconsider the deal, which currently includes an offer of thousands of extra NHS training…
BMA hits back at prime minister’s 48-hour deadline to cancel doctor strikes
The British Medical Association has hit back at Keir Starmer’s call for the union to cancel next week’s strikes or risk losing the current deal. Last week, the BMA rejected a 3.5% pay rise for this year, stating that it wasn’t enough to achieve pay restoration. The BMA then announced that resident doctors would go on strike after Easter. The prime minister has now given the doctors’ union an ultimatum, demanding that they cancel the resident do…
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