Striking NHS Doctors to Resume Talks With the Government

Junior and Consultant doctors will be joined by a third group of doctors in pay dispute; BMA has threatened to open ballots next month if no deal is reached.

Junior doctor and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary on July 13, 2023. Danny Lawson/PA

Three groups of NHS doctors in pay disputes in England will resume talks with the government, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

The union said on Friday that Junior doctors are expected to re-enter talks next week, while consultants said on Thursday that they were pausing strikes for talks, which the government indicated it was willing to resume.