Industrial action: New health secretary opens talks with junior doctors

Labour’s new health secretary, Wes Streeting, has announced immediate talks with junior doctors in England in a bid to bring to an end their long running pay dispute. Streeting, who served as shadow health secretary since November 2021, was appointed to Keir Starmer’s Cabinet on 5 July after Labour’s general election victory.In a statement on 5 July Streeting signalled that talks with junior doctors would be a priority.1 He said, “I have just spoken over the phone with the BMA Junior Doctors Committee, and I can announce that talks to end their industrial action will begin next week. We promised during the campaign that we would begin negotiations as a matter of urgency, and that is what we are doing.”Streeting also announced immediate talks with NHS England and the British Dental Association as he gets to work on his policy priorities, including tackling the NHS waiting list, which currently stands…
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