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Junior doctors in England offer to call off strike if given more time for talks
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A planned strike by junior doctors in England later this month could be called off if NHS bosses give permission for further time for negotiations, the British Medical Association has said.
The trade union for doctors and medical students announced the strikes after it said the government had “failed to meet the deadline to put an improved pay offer on the table”.
Now the BMA has written to the leaders of NHS Employers asking for them to increase the period during which it is allowed to hold strike action in order for further pay negotiations to take place.
In a letter to Danny Mortimer, the chief executive of NHS Employers, the BMA chair of council, Prof Philip Banfield, has asked him to agree to the extension, which he can do on behalf of hospital trusts.
He said in the letter: “In return for this agreement the BMA junior doctors committee is prepared to cancel the planned strike action for 24 to 28 February, providing space for the government to negotiate with us during the next two weeks.”
The BMA suggests that if NHS Employers agree to the request, it will allow the health secretary, Victoria Atkins, and the government more time to “present a credible pay offer” to junior doctors.
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