Resident doctors to restart talks over pay dispute
The British Medical Association (BMA) confirmed that he accepted the “negotiation window” with the health secretary of the doctors in the UK.
Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan, the co -presidents of the BMA Committee of Doctors Committee, met with Mr. Streeting on Tuesday.
This follows a five -day strike by medical staff in the midst of ongoing wage disputes.
In a joint statement, Dr. Nieuwoudt and Dr Ryan shared: “Yesterday we met with Mr. Streeting to repeat what needs to end this dispute.
“We were very clear about the determination of resident doctors to return to a fair wage level.
Imiz Our speech was informative and we think that we had more mutual understanding than the previous meetings.
“We have accepted a window for the negotiations that the government would use wisely.”
In a statement, he added that the medical officials are working to ensure that the strike is not needed to be repeated ”.
“We want to work with the Health and Social Care Department in order to present the previously accepted unpaid items and to make mutual respect after years when previous officials care very little for the payment or prosperity of the doctors.”
“Nevertheless, we are clear that there should be a wage movement forward.
“We have put an end to the current situation where Mr. Streeting has provided enough work for doctors and thousands of resident doctors for very few roles, and that many of them could not advance their careers and continue to be our future consultants, GPs and other specialist doctors.
“Since the strike does not need to be repeated and we are trying to give time to discover the solutions. However, doctors and patients deserve an earlier solution, not later.”
The spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Social Care, said: “The Minister of Foreign Affairs made a constructive interview with the co -presidents of BMA resident doctors yesterday and agreed to continue to participate in the summer to prevent further deterioration in NHS and patients.
“Following a wage increase of 28.9 percent for resident doctors, we cannot continue to pay this year, but there is the ambition to discover and address unique additional costs that resident doctors avoid training and work.”
NHS England’s early analysis comes after claiming that less than one -third of resident doctors joined Strike Action last week.
The number of medical staff in the strike fell by 7.5 percent (1,243) in the previous industrial action round in July last year.
However, BMA rejected it, saying that complex work programs and doctors with permission make this information “almost impossible to know”.
