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JDC calls for fresh junior doctors strikes
The Junior Doctors Committee (JDC) of the British Medical Association (BMA) is to request fresh industrial action as part of its row with the government over the new contract.
The news comes after 85 per cent of junior doctors and medical students voted to reject the contract deal agreed with the BMA in July.
Since the rejected proposal, the JDC has claimed the government has failed to address concerns about the contract.
Ellen McCourt, chair of the JDC, said: "In light of this, the JDC Executive has voted to reject the proposed new contract in full and to call for formal re-negotiations on all of your concerns.
"In response to the government's silence, JDC exec has today made a formal request for a special meeting of BMA Council to authorise a rolling programme of escalated industrial action beginning in early September.”
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