Health secretary and BMA to meet next week
By: | Published: 2025-07-13 01:30:00 | Source: www.bbc.com
Talks between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association (BMA) will take place next week in a bid to avert strike action in England’s NHS, the BBC understands.
Resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, announced earlier this week that they will walk out for five consecutive days from 25 July until 30 July over a dispute about pay with the government.
The BMA said strikes would only be called off if next week’s talks produce an offer it can put to its members.
The government has insisted it cannot improve its offer of a 5.4% increase for this year.
Resident doctors were awarded a 5.4% pay rise for this financial year – which will go into pay packets from August – following a 22% increase over the previous two years.
But they are arguing that pay in real…
