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Junior Doctors are due to strike for three days beginning Monday amid disputes around pay.
Health Secretary, The Rt Hon Steve Barclay, extended an invitation to junior doctors yesterday to open dialogue between the two parties about pay in an attempt to avoid the strike action.
Unions representing ambulance workers, physiotherapists, nurses and midwives have been in talks with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) since Tuesday.
But the discussions have not involved junior doctors in the British Medical Association (BMA), who are still due to walk out for 72 hours on Monday, March 13.
The invitation from the health secretary
I’ve written to @BMA_JuniorDocs inviting them for formal pay talks on the same basis other health unions accepted, including calling off next week’s strike.
Let’s have a constructive dialogue to make the NHS a better place to work and ensure we deliver the care patients need.
— Steve Barclay (@SteveBarclay) March 10, 2023
In a tweet, Health Secretary, The Rt Hon Steve Barclay, said: “I’ve written to @BMA_JuniorDocs inviting them for formal pay talks on the same basis other health unions accepted, including calling off next week’s strike.
“Let’s have a constructive dialogue to make the NHS a better place to work and ensure we deliver the care patients need.”
The BMA junior doctors responded, saying Mr Barclay had failed to attend a meeting arranged for yesterday and so strike action would go ahead as planned on Monday.
The group said: “Just a reminder that we had a meeting today which @SteveBarclay failed to attend.
“Without any credible negotiations, we have no choice but to strike on Monday and continue our fight for #PayRestoration.”
Just a reminder that we had a meeting today which @SteveBarclay failed to attend…
Without any credible negotiations we have no choice but to strike on Monday and continue our fight for #PayRestoration
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