![]() ![]() ![]() “The Government has missed chance after chance to provide a credible offer and potentially bring to an end the industrial action by junior doctors in England and whilst there are differences between junior doctors and governments in England and Scotland, the UK Government has far more financial freedom to give doctors what they deserve.” “The complete inflexibility we see from the UK Government today is baffling, frustrating, and ultimately destructive for everyone who wants waiting lists to go down and NHS staffing numbers to go up,” they said. They said the pay offer to junior doctors “throws into sharp relief the obstinate approach” being taken by the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary Steve Barclay. “We can call this strike off today if the UK Government will simply follow the example of the government in Scotland and drop their nonsensical precondition of not talking whilst strikes are announced and produce an offer which is credible to the doctors they are speaking with.” The Government’s refusal to talk with junior doctors in England who have strikes planned is out of keeping with all norms of industrial action. They said: “We have to get back to talks. Striking junior doctors from British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London in June (PA) ![]()
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