SAS and junior doctors in England agree to talks over pay disputes

The UK government has invited leaders of specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors and junior doctors in England to enter negotiations in a bid to avert further strike action. The move came just days after the government and consultants’ leaders agreed to hold talks in a bid to avert more strikes by senior doctors in England over pay.1The NHS has faced nearly a year of strike action, with junior doctors and consultants staging several walkouts in recent months. SAS doctors looked set to join them after an indicative ballot by the BMA found that 88% of those who responded (3145 of 3605 votes cast) were prepared to strike over worsening pay and working conditions.2The ballot, held after months of failed informal talks, closed on 16 October. The BMA’s SAS Committee has now said these latest negotiations must deliver “detailed and meaningful progress” by 6 November, otherwise a formal ballot…
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