{"id":88666,"date":"2024-07-05T22:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T22:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/junior-doctors-wes-streeting-vows-to-begin-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T22:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T22:27:46","slug":"junior-doctors-wes-streeting-vows-to-begin-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/junior-doctors-wes-streeting-vows-to-begin-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior doctors: Wes Streeting vows to begin negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Health Secretary Wes Streeting says negotiations with junior doctors will begin next week in an attempt to end a long-running pay dispute. <\/p>\n

The Ilford North MP said he spoke with the British Medical Association (BMA) on Friday ahead of starting fresh talks, as he branded the NHS “broken”.<\/p>\n

The BMA described the call as \u201cpositive\u201d. It has asked for a 35% rise, to make up for what it says are 15 years of below-inflation pay rises. <\/p>\n

Mr Streeting said Labour had promised to begin negotiations as a matter of urgency “and that is what we are doing”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His comments came shortly after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appointed Labour MPs to key cabinet positions<\/a> after the party’s landslide election victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr Streeting said the NHS is “going through the biggest crisis in its history” and it could not be fixed overnight.<\/p>\n

“From today, the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken,” he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Streeting said the new government would be “honest” about the challenges it faced. <\/p>\n

He added: “When we said that patients are being failed on a daily basis, it wasn’t political rhetoric, but the daily reality faced by millions. <\/p>\n

“Previous governments have not been willing to admit these simple facts. But in order to cure an illness, you must first diagnose it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In its manifesto<\/a>, Labour promised to deliver an extra 40,000 operations, scans and appointments a week in England – two million a year – by introducing more weekend services, as well as turning to the private sector. <\/p>\n

It said the money would come from cracking down on non-dom tax arrangements.<\/p>\n

The BBC has contacted the Conservatives for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Junior doctors in England last went on strike at the end of June in what was the 11th walkout<\/a> in their long-running pay dispute.<\/p>\n

Mr Streeting previously said he would not meet the 35% pay rise demanded by the BMA. <\/p>\n

But he said there was “space for a discussion” on pay, as well as negotiations on how to improve working conditions for medics in training.<\/p>\n

Junior doctors make up nearly half the medical workforce in the NHS. Two-thirds of them are BMA members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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