Junior doctors leaders have sought authorisation for a rolling programme of industrial action in an escalation of a long-running contractual dispute with government.
Talks intended to end the dispute over a new contract for junior doctors are to resume today after the British Medical Association agreed to re-enter negotiations.
Junior doctors are set to go ahead with industrial action next week after talks to end a contractual dispute with the Department of Health ended without a deal.
Talks to avert further strikes by junior doctors are set to take place tomorrow following the end of a day of action where only emergency care was provided.
Junior doctors in England are to take strike action starting next Tuesday after talks with NHS Employers to resolve a dispute over new contractual terms broke down.
The junior doctors’ strike, set to go ahead in England today, has been called off after the British Medical Association said agreement had been reached to resume negotiations over contract...
Junior doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action next month in the dispute over changes to pay arrangements and working hours.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has insisted that the government has no plans to cut the overall pay bill for junior doctors under the terms of a new contract he is looking to negotiate with the British...
The forthcoming Spending Review represents the litmus test of whether the government is committed to funding a “radical upgrade” in public health provision, the King’s Fund has said.
Doctors’ leaders have urged Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to reconsider his decision to not offer an annual pay increase to those NHS staff in line for higher wages through job progression
