Downing Street and Health Secretary Steve Barclay have flatly refused to enter into talks with the British Medical Association over their 35 per cent starting offer
understands the BMA proposing a new starting point of between 17 and 19 per cent which would be seen as a basis for meaningful talks.
– which is being put to union members – of a 5 per cent rise for this year plus a lump sum payment of around 6 per cent for the last financial year. They will call off their strike if Mr Barclay makes a “credible offer” in response to the 35 per cent demand. He said it was “regrettable” that junior doctors were walking out for 96 hours immediately after a long Easter Bank Holiday, when patient demand on the NHS normally rises.
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