"Health Secretary Wes Streeting had proposed covering the cost of exam fees and expanding training places more quickly than planned and wrote to the union on Wednesday giving it until the end of Thursday to accept the package. But the BMA said the offer did not go far enough - and the government needed to increase pay. It comes ahead of a five-day strike by resident doctors, the name now for junior doctors, which gets under way on 14 November."
"The fresh offer made by Streeting in the letter to the BMA on Wednesday afternoon followed a meeting with the union's leaders on Tuesday. There were a range of measures, including covering the cost of mandatory exams, which can run to thousands of pounds over the course of doctor training, and membership fees to royal colleges. The health secretary had also promised to expand the number of training places more quickly than initially planned."
"The 10-year NHS plan published in early summer pledged an extra 1,000 training places by 2028, but this will now be increased to 2,000 with the 1,000 boost happening next year. These are speciality training places that doctors move into after the first two years of training. This year there were more than 30,000 applicants for 10,000 jobs at this stage, although some will have been doctors from abroad."
The BMA rejected a government offer intended to end a dispute with resident doctors in England, saying it did not go far enough and pay needed to increase. The government proposed covering mandatory exam and royal college membership fees, and accelerating expansion of specialty training places from 1,000 to 2,000 by 2028, with the initial 1,000 coming next year. The offer followed meetings between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and union leaders. The BMA's refusal precedes a five-day strike by resident doctors starting 14 November, the 13th walkout since March 2023. The government warned continued strikes could disrupt patients and strain NHS resources.
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