"Resident doctors (the new name for junior doctors) will return to work at 7am on Monday, having gone on strike after members of the British Medical Association (BMA) rejected a fresh offer from the government. The BMA asked for a long-term plan to increase pay and properly compensate for years of below-inflation rises, and wanted new training places to be created."
"Streeting said the NHS, which is under intense strain due to the usual winter pressures, is coping during the strike, but admitted he was concerned about the coming days. The period that worries me more is the post-strike period when we have to try and recover the service. That now falls at a time of year which is the NHS's busiest, the health secretary told the Observer."
"On Friday, Streeting said he wanted to end the dispute and that we will get around the table with them again in the new year, but insisted he has a responsibility to all NHS staff. I don't think that doctors are selfish and don't care about nurses and other healthcare professionals, but the BMA's position can be quite hardline and uncompromising, he added."
Resident doctors began a strike at 7am on Wednesday and will return to work at 7am on Monday. Members of the British Medical Association rejected a fresh government offer. The BMA demanded a long-term pay plan, compensation for years of below-inflation rises, and new training places. The government's offer would have increased training places but not pay in the current financial year. The NHS is under intense winter strain and is coping during the strike, but the health secretary expressed concern about recovering services in the post-strike period and said he wants to resume talks in the new year.
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