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Majority of the public back government restarting pay negotiations with doctors, poll shows
Junior doctor members of the British Medical Association (BMA) during a rally outside Downing Street in London, at the start a four-day strike amid the bitter dispute with the government over pay, August 11, 2023
THE majority of the public want the Tories to restart pay negotiations with doctors and end their bitter pay dispute, a poll has shown.
Seven in 10 adults in England said they wanted the government to reopen pay negotiations with doctors, with 63 per cent calling on ministers to settle the row with a higher pay offer.
The survey, conducted on 1,765 adults in England by Walnut research agency on behalf of the British Medical Association (BMA), came as consultants and junior doctors staged their first ever joint strike in NHS history today.
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