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UK Government, Trade Union Agree on Junior Doctors' Contracts

© AFP 2023 / Justin TallisJunior doctors protest outside St Thomas' Hospital in central London on April 6, 2016, against proposed new conditions and pay rates for working unsociable hours.
Junior doctors protest outside St Thomas' Hospital in central London on April 6, 2016, against proposed new conditions and pay rates for working unsociable hours. - Sputnik International
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British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that the UK government and the British Medical Association reached a deal on Wednesday on junior doctors' contracts as a result of "constructive and positive" talks.

Junior doctors protest outside St Thomas' Hospital in central London on April 6, 2016, against proposed new conditions and pay rates for working unsociable hours. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The UK government and the British Medical Association (BMA) reached a deal on Wednesday on junior doctors' contracts as a result of "constructive and positive" talks, British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Wednesday.

After several days of talks, the UK government and BMA agreed to ensure that junior doctors would receive normal rate payment for Saturdays and Sundays with extra pay overnight for the whole week.

"We welcome this significant agreement which delivers important changes to the junior doctors' contract necessary to deliver a safer seven day NHS [the UK National Health Service]. The talks have been constructive and positive and highlighted many areas outside the contract where further work is necessary to value the vital role of junior doctors and improve the training and support they are given," Hunt said, as quoted by the UK Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service's press release.

According to the health secretary, the agreement represents a "definitive step forward for patients, for doctors, and for the NHS as a whole."

The BMA and NHS Employers engaged in negotiations on new junior doctors' contracts in October 2013. Hunt announced plans in early 2016 to introduce a new employment contract for junior doctors in England under which doctors would be paid less for weekend shifts, sparking major protests in a number of cities.

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