Resident doctors call off strikes with new offer to be put to membership
Resident doctors in England have called off strikes which were scheduled to begin today.
After weeks of talks a last-minute offer has been made by Government that the UK resident doctors committee (UKRDC) Executive Committee at the BMA will put to its members.
Strikes planned to start from today, June 15 have been called off while a referendum is held.
Dr Jack Fletcher, chair of RDC, said: “We have always been clear that no strikes needed to go ahead if we received an offer appropriate to put to our members.
"This should not have been left to the last moment, but we hold up our end of the bargain when the Government shifts its position.
“All we have asked for is a fair offer that secures enough jobs to tackle the madness of doctor unemployment and take steps to address the erosion of our pay.
"Tens of thousands of frontline doctors will now vote in a referendum on whether this offer is sufficient.
“We will always negotiate in good faith and strikes are a last resort that we will only use in the face of complete Government intransigence. When Government moves, so do we.
“Doctors will now have their say. If they say no to this offer we will have to continue our plans for further escalated action across next month.”