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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Junior doctors in England on cusp of pay talks with government

Junior doctors hold placards on a picket line outside St Mary's hospital in London
Junior doctors hold placards on a picket line outside St Mary's hospital in London on Tuesday. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

Junior doctors could enter pay talks with the government imminently after ministers agreed a deal with other health unions.

Vivek Trivedi, the co-chair of the British Medical Association’s junior doctor committee, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme he was optimistic discussions would begin in the coming days following the agreement between the government and unions including Unison, the GMB and the Royal College of Nursing.

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