Resident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months

Resident doctors in England have voted in favour of continuing industrial action over the next six months, the British Medical Association has announced.

Ninety-three per cent of medics voted in favour of continuing industrial action in a new ballot. The turnout was 53%.

Dr Jack Fletcher, the chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee, said: “None of this needs to mean more strikes.

“In recent weeks the government has shown an improved approach in tone compared with the name-calling we saw late last year.

“A deal is there to be done: a new jobs package and an offer raising pay fairly over several years can be worked out through good will on both sides, in the interests of patients, staff and the whole NHS.”

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