US EditionStreeting and BMA to hold talks to avoid doctor strikes
ENGLAND, JUL 13 – The British Medical Association demands a 29.2% pay increase to reverse pay erosion since 2008 while 90% of resident doctors back strike action, BMA said turnout was 55%.
- Resident doctors in England have planned a five-day strike beginning at 7am on July 25 in response to unresolved salary negotiations with the government.
- The strike follows resident doctors’ call for a 29.2% pay uplift to reverse pay erosion since 2008, while the government insists its 5.4% offer for this year cannot improve.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the strike unreasonable and urged the BMA to reconsider, while some doctors' leaders say they want constructive talks to prevent the strike.
- About 90% of resident doctors who participated in the vote supported the strike, with a turnout rate of 55%, while public approval has reportedly declined from 52% last summer to just 26% currently.
- Talks between Wes Streeting and the BMA are scheduled next week aiming to avert strikes, with both sides expecting discussions to possibly suspend planned industrial action.
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Health secretary and BMA to meet in bid to avoid strikes
Talks between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association (BMA) will take place next week in a bid to avert strike action in England’s NHS, the BBC understands.Resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, announced earlier this week that they will walk out for five consecutive days from 25 July until 30 July over a dispute about pay with the government.The BMA said strikes would only be called off if next week’s t…
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