Junior doctors in England have announced a fresh 72-hour walkout in June after talks between the British Medical Association (BMA) and ministers broke down.
The British Medical Association said they stage industrial action in England from 14-17 June in a bid to force the government "to put forward a credible" salary rise after rejecting a 5 percent increase.
A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said that the latest pay offer is "fair and reasonable" and said it was "surprising and deeply disappointing" that the BMA had declared further strikes "while constructive talks were ongoing". Dr Vivek Trivedi and Dr Robert Laurenson, co-chairs of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee, accused ministers of failing to recognise the scale of the "pay erosion" their members have faced and said "this was made clear when they finally made their pay offer of 5%".But the government claimed the union is "unwilling" to move from their "unaffordable headline demands".
"Unfortunately, it seems the BMA is unwilling to move meaningfully away from their unaffordable headline demands on pay."The government has been clear that strikes must be paused while talks take place, so while the BMA has chosen to end our current discussions, we remain ready to continue them at any point if strikes are called off."
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