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Sonia Sharma

Junior doctors to strike for four days in April as bitter dispute over pay continues

Junior doctors have announced a new round of strikes after talks with the Government failed to resolve a row over pay.

The British Medical Association (BMA) says a 96-hour walkout will take place for shifts starting between 6.59am on Tuesday, April 11, and 6.59am on Saturday, April 15. This follows strikes held by junior doctors across England in March.

The BMA said Health Secretary Steve Barclay had failed to make any "credible offer", accusing the Government of not being serious about resolving the dispute. Dr Vivek Trivedi and Dr Robert Laurenson, co-chairs of the BMA junior doctor committee, said: "It is with disappointment and great frustration that we must announce this new industrial action.

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