Health Secretary Wes Streeting thought he reached a verbal agreement with BMA's resident doctors committee to suspend a five-day strike by addressing five non-pay issues. However, the full committee rejected the agreement because it did not meet the demand for a 29% pay rise. Resident doctors currently earn between £38,831 and £73,992, with additional payments for weekend work. The gap between Streeting and the BMA persists, as Streeting refuses to negotiate the offered 5.4% salary increase, leading to tension and uncertainty regarding industrial action.
Wes Streeting believed he had struck a deal with resident doctors to suspend a strike, addressing five non-pay issues, but the British Medical Association rejected it.
BMA co-chairs thought the proposed deal on non-pay issues was enough to suspend a strike, but the full committee insisted on a 29% pay rise.
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