Junior Doctors in England to strike later this month
The British Medical Association has announced that junior doctors will go on strike from February 24
Junior doctors have announced they're going on strike later this month, as the pay row with the Government continues.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said the Government had “failed to meet the deadline to put an improved pay offer on the table”.
Thousands of junior doctors in England will strike from 7am on February 24 until 11.59pm on February 28.
The BMA has also not ruled out further strike action.
Junior doctors in England staged the longest strike in NHS history in January, for six full days from January 3 to January 9.
BMA junior doctors committee co-chairs Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi said in a statement: “We have made every effort to work with the Government in finding a fair solution to this dispute whilst trying to avoid strike action.
“Even yesterday, we were willing to delay further strike action in exchange for a short extension of our current strike mandate.
“Had the Health Secretary agreed to this, an act of good faith on both sides, talks could have gone ahead without more strikes.
“Sadly, the Government declined.”
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