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| Junior doctors: BMA to consider joining government talks | Junior doctors: BMA to consider joining government talks |
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| Junior doctor representatives at the British Medical Association are due to discuss whether to join talks with the government over a new employment contract. | Junior doctor representatives at the British Medical Association are due to discuss whether to join talks with the government over a new employment contract. |
| Talks over the contract broke down in February and junior doctors have staged several strikes since then. | Talks over the contract broke down in February and junior doctors have staged several strikes since then. |
| Ministers said on Thursday they would re-start talks if they focused on Saturday pay and unsocial hours. | |
| The BMA's junior doctors committee is due to meet to consider its response. | The BMA's junior doctors committee is due to meet to consider its response. |
| Last Monday, the government said it was willing to pause the introduction of the junior doctors' contract in England for five days to allow for talks. | Last Monday, the government said it was willing to pause the introduction of the junior doctors' contract in England for five days to allow for talks. |
| The BMA also agreed to defer any new threats of strikes for five days. | The BMA also agreed to defer any new threats of strikes for five days. |
| The BBC's health editor Hugh Pym quoted a source as saying the government's preconditions were seen as a complicating factor but that there would be "clarity about the next steps by the end of the day". | The BBC's health editor Hugh Pym quoted a source as saying the government's preconditions were seen as a complicating factor but that there would be "clarity about the next steps by the end of the day". |
| Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has previously indicated the government is willing to compromise. | Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has previously indicated the government is willing to compromise. |
| "We've already made three significant compromises on Saturday pay but what we can't do is have a system where hospitals can't afford to roster enough doctors on a Saturday," he said. | "We've already made three significant compromises on Saturday pay but what we can't do is have a system where hospitals can't afford to roster enough doctors on a Saturday," he said. |
| Mr Hunt had accused the BMA of refusing to negotiate over Saturday pay and said he would press on with introducing the contract. | Mr Hunt had accused the BMA of refusing to negotiate over Saturday pay and said he would press on with introducing the contract. |
| The BMA said there were wider unresolved issues over working hours and it was unfair to impose a contract rather than continuing discussions. | The BMA said there were wider unresolved issues over working hours and it was unfair to impose a contract rather than continuing discussions. |
| Between January and early April there were four strikes by junior doctors in England affecting routine but not urgent care. | Between January and early April there were four strikes by junior doctors in England affecting routine but not urgent care. |
| Last week there were two one-day strikes affecting all forms of care, including emergencies - the first such action in the history of the NHS. | Last week there were two one-day strikes affecting all forms of care, including emergencies - the first such action in the history of the NHS. |