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Junior doctors set to continue strikes after Tory ministers refused to reopen pay talks again
Junior doctor and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary at the start a five-day strike amid the continuing dispute over pay, the longest walkout of its kind in the history of the NHS, July 13,

STRIKES by junior doctors across England’s NHS look set to continue after stubborn Tory ministers again refused to reopen pay talks today.

As the latest four-day walkout ended at 7am, Health Minister Will Quince insisted that wage negotiations are over, despite years of plummeting take-home pay.

He claimed to be “open” to discussions on other issues affecting the austerity-hit health service, including working environments.

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