Junior doctors’ leaders are confident they can resolve the NHS pay row without further strikes but warned “much more meat” is needed to reach a deal.
Dr Vivek Trivedi and Dr Robert Laurenson, co-chairs of the British Medical Association’s junior doctors’ committee, said their first face-to-face talks with Wes Streeting, the health secretary, were “collaborative” and a “positive first step” towards ending their 20-month dispute over pay.
