The British Medical Association has rejected a new offer from the government to end a long-running dispute with resident doctors in England.
Secretary Secretary Secretary Streeting proposed the amount of examination fees and expansion of training areas more easily planned and written on Thursday that the package was accepted.
But the BMA said the offer did not go far – and the government needed to increase the salary.
This preceded a five-day strike by resident doctors, the current name for junior doctors, which began on 14 November. This will be the 13th walk from March 2023.
The fresh offer made through the streets of the Bma letter on Wednesday afternoon follows a meeting of union leaders on Tuesday.
There are a variety of measures, including covering the cost of mandatory exams, which can run into thousands of pounds on a doctor’s training course, and fees to colleges.
The Secretary of Health also promised to expand the number of training places more quickly than initially planned.
But the Bma told the BBC on Wednesday night that it had rejected the offer.
The 10-year NHS Plan published earlier this summer promised an extra 1,000 training places by 2028, but this will be increased by 2,000 with 1,000 more taking place next year.
These are the training specialties in the areas that doctors transfer to after the first two years of training.
This year there are more than 30,000 applicants for 10,000 jobs in this stage, although some will be doctors from abroad.
In the letter to the WMA Streading said: “The choice is clear. You can continue the unnecessary attack on the strike, which causes the recovery of patients, which causes the recovery of the NHS and explains some parts of this offer that cannot be reached.
“Or you can end this disastrous period of industrial action and work with the government to both deliver real change and prosperity.”
The letter said that IAFTER Thursday the NHS should start canceling treatments and booking ahead of the next walk.
The offer was made after months of talks between the Union and the Government, which began in July after the last round of strikes.
The streets continued that he would not negotiate the payment after the residents received a salary of almost 30% in the last three years.
But the Bma argues that, despite the rise in pay, resident doctors are a fifth lower than in 2008, when inflation is taken into account.
Responding to the offer, Dr Jack Fletcher, chairman of residents of the Bma, said it was “not enough”.
He said even the expansion of the areas that put residents in doctors who are not working at an important point in their training.
“We are also clear to the government that they can call the strikes in years if they are ready to offer a multi-year salary payment that restores the payment within the period.
“Unfortunately, even after promising a journey towards equal pay, Mr Strevering is still unwilling to act.”
Next week’s strike is expected to cause significant damage, especially in hospitals.
Resident physicians represent nearly half of the medical workforce and range from university-trained physicians to over a decade of experience.
They will walk away from emergency and routine care with senior doctors brought in to provide cover.
While the NHS tried to keep as many routine services running as possible in the last strike, thousands of operations and appointments still had to be postponed.