NHS budgets are already “stretched to the limit” on the eve of the largest ever walkout by junior doctors according to trust chiefs who warned they cannot afford further strikes PMGallagher1 reports
and the sides appear no closer to returning to negotiations. Consultants have also planned a two-day strike later this month compounding the situation.
“We were in discussions about pay and a range of other measures to improve the working lives of junior doctors until their representatives collapsed the negotiations by announcing further strikes. A pay demand of 35 per cent or more is unreasonable and risks fuelling inflation, which makes everyone poorer.
He said: “I think it is fair to say this is probably the most challenging period of operational pressure the NHS has faced, and I think the impact of strike action has just made all of this so much more difficult.”
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