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BMA rejects final contract offer
The British Medical Association (BMA) has rejected the government’s final offer to settle the junior doctor contract dispute in England.
The compromise involved offering extra pay to junior doctors working at least one in four Saturdays, an increase on the original one in three guideline. However, the BMA has argued the proposal was not enough.
The offer was made and rejected on Tuesday 9 Feb and is expected to lead the government to impose the contract on doctors, following the second junior doctor strike, which ended at 8 am on Thursday 11 Feb.
The proposal also included raising penalties against trusts who were guilty of over-working doctors and increasing extra pay for medics who receive long working hours.
The offer was drawn up and submitted by Sir David Dalton, the hospital chief executive. In letter to the BMA he warned that the offer was final, and if rejected, meant there would be ‘no realistic prospect of a negotiated agreement’.
Following the rejection of the offer, the government is waiting upon Dalton to confirm that there is no viable way of resolving the dispute. Ministers will then move to impose a new contract on England’s 55,000 junior doctors, which will come into force from August.
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