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By Andre Rhoden-PaulThe government and doctors' unions must call in conciliation service Acas for talks ahead of the "extremely worrying" strikes this week, an NHS chief says.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said on Saturday the demand was "unrealistic" and out of step with pay settlements in other parts of the public sector, but the BMA said Mr Barclay was yet to put a serious offer on the table. "We should consider asking the government and the trade unions to call in Acas, the conciliation service, to provide some basis for negotiations, because if anything the positions seem to have hardened over the last couple of days."Mr Taylor also described the impact of thousands of junior doctors striking as "enormous".
"Now to be facing this situation where those waiting lists are going to get longer, cancelling work, not being able to guarantee the level of care you want to provide - well that's heartbreaking for an NHS leader." On Saturday writing in the Telegraph, the health secretary wrote: "We cannot, however, negotiate until the BMA confirms it is pausing next week's strike and moving significantly from its position of 35%.But Dr Mike Greenhalgh, deputy co-chair of the BMA's junior doctors' committee, told the BBC over the weekend: "It's hard to negotiate when only one side is doing it and we're not getting anything back from the government on that front.
She told BBC Radio 4's World At One there would be "extreme pressure on critical life-preserving services" and called for both sides of the dispute to "step back from the brink".
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