Strike action over the last two years has heaped more pressure on the NHS, where more than seven million patients remain on waiting lists for hospital treatment.
Senior doctors in England have voted to accept an improved government pay deal, bringing to an end the year-long dispute which had led to strike action. The British Medical Association , a trade union which has been representing the consultants, put the offer on pay and conditions to its members, with 83% voting in favour. The pay deal includes changes to the review body on doctors' and dentists' remuneration and a 2.
' While NHS nurses ended strike action last year following a pay deal, a long-running pay dispute with junior doctors, who staged a five-day strike in February, remains ongoing. 'Without valuing doctors, we lose them' Dr Vishal Sharma, who chairs the BMA consultants committee, said 'at the heart of this dispute was our concern for patients and the future sustainability of the NHS'.
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