Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail
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<p>Six-day stoppage in England next week to go ahead and minister confirms offer of extra training places withdrawn</p><p>The NHS is bracing for the longest strike yet by resident doctors after last-ditch talks failed, prompting Wes Streeting to accuse the medics of suffering from “delusion”.</p><p>Many thousands of resident – formerly junior – doctors across England will stage a six-day stoppage over pay and jobs starting at 7am on Tuesday, just after the Easter we
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Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail Six-day stoppage in England to go ahead from Tuesday as health secretary withdraws offer of extra training places The NHS in England is bracing for the longest strike yet by resident doctors after last-ditch talks failed, prompting Wes Streeting to accuse the medics of suffering from “delusion”. Many thousands of resident – formerly junior – doctors will stage a six-day stoppage over pay and jobs starting at 7am on Tuesday, just after the Easter weekend. A deadline for agreement ended on Thursday. It will be the 16th walkout the doctors have staged since their first strike in March 2023, and there are growing fears that the dispute could drag on for another year. Streeting confirmed in a letter to the British Medical Association that he had withdrawn his offer to create 1,000 extra places in specialist medical training this year, as that was conditional on the BMA accepting the government’s most recent offer, which it rejected last week . Talks on Tuesday and Wednesday this week failed to reach a deal that would have led to the BMA suspending or cancelling the strike. The union and ministers remain far apart on a number of key issues, including pay. Jim Mackey, the chief executive of NHS England , said he expected the health service to face “a long slog” of continuing strikes by resident doctors. Services would increasingly care for patients in ways that reduced the need for resident doctors because bosses could not rely on them being at work, he told the Health Service Journal. Streeting cast doubt on ever reaching a negotiated settlement with the BMA’s resident doctors committee. Some senior doctors believe the dispute is insoluble given the committee’s demand for a 26% pay rise and the state of the public finances making that an increase ministers cannot approve. In a letter, Streeting told the committee’s chair, Dr Jack Fletcher, that after it rebuffed the offer “I had expected ...
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