The BMA is calling on health secretary Wes Streeting to put aside ‘hostile rhetoric’ and sit down with the union to secure future jobs and pay.
Striking phlebotomists in Gloucestershire have been joined by senior union leaders and supporters to mark the longest-ever walkout by NHS employees, as they mark their 236th day of industrial action.
Resident doctor strike turnout is down, NHS England chief executive Sir James Mackey has said, as they continue their five-day action over pay and conditions.
The NHS may have to cut frontline staff or services due to the financial impact of further strikes on already squeezed budgets, health leaders warn.
Leaders at the BMA have written to NHS hospital chief executives, outlining how and when resident doctors could be called back into work during the forthcoming strikes.
Health secretary Wes Streeting has hit out at the BMA ahead of the upcoming resident doctors’ strike, which is due to begin on Friday (14 November).
NHS providers and partners have been working together to implement robust plans ahead of new strike action by resident doctors in England as part of their long-running pay dispute with the Government.
Strike action that resumes by resident doctors this week could derail NHS gains in quality and productivity, a report has warned.
The BMA says health secretary Wes Streeting's fresh of package of offers to resident doctors in England 'does not go far enough'.
Health secretary Wes Streeting says the government will not 'be held to ransom' by striking doctors.
Resident doctors in England have announced new strike dates for November after failing to reach an agreement with the government on jobs or pay.
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