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| Junior doctors to decide on NHS contract talks | Junior doctors to decide on NHS contract talks |
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| Junior doctor representatives at the British Medical Association (BMA) will meet later to decide whether to hold talks with the government over a disputed new NHS employment contract. | Junior doctor representatives at the British Medical Association (BMA) will meet later to decide whether to hold talks with the government over a disputed new NHS employment contract. |
| Negotiations over the contract broke down in February and junior doctors have staged several strikes since then. | Negotiations 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 could focus on Saturday pay and unsocial hours. | Ministers said on Thursday they would re-start talks if they could focus on Saturday pay and unsocial hours. |
| The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says there should be no preconditions. | The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says there should be no preconditions. |
| The government says it is willing to pause the introduction of the junior doctors' contract in England for five days to allow for talks. | |
| The BMA agreed in principle to the idea of restarting talks and also to a possible deferral of any new threat of strikes for five days. | |
| BBC 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". | BBC 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". |
| On Thursday, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt 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." | On Thursday, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt 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." |
| 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 continue discussions. | The BMA said there were wider unresolved issues over working hours and it was unfair to impose a contract rather than continue 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. |