UK Health Secretary to Initiate Junior Doctor Pay Talks
Wes Streeting announces negotiations to address long-standing pay disputes amid NHS crisis
- Discussions with the British Medical Association to start next week.
- Junior doctors demand a 35% pay rise after years of below-inflation increases.
- Recent strikes led to the postponement of nearly 68,000 medical appointments.
- Labour government aims to improve working conditions and NHS services.
- Streeting stresses the need for honesty about the challenges facing the NHS.