The BMA has requested an urgent meeting with NHS employers to open negotiations with junior doctors.The move follows the announcement of below-inflation pay awards for hospital doctors. The BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee said it was particularly angered by the refusal of the doctors’ pay review body to recommend a compensatory increase for first year junior doctors, who have lost their right to live on hospital premises free of charge from this year.
The BMA’s annual conference of medical students voted in favour of public protests if an acceptable agreement cannot be reached.
