Cautious optimism after nine hours of talks to resolve junior doctors dispute

Cautious optimism after nine hours of talks to resolve junior doctors dispute Both sides set to continue talks on Friday in an effort to avoid strike action over government’s threat to impose new working contracts

Both sides in the junior doctors dispute held nine hours of conciliatory talks on Thursday and will resume face to face discussions on Friday in a bid to prevent a planned a series of walkouts over the government’s threat to impose new working contracts.

Representatives of the British Medical Association, NHS Employers and the Department of Health met under the auspices of the independent Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) at un undisclosed London venue in an attempt to end the increasingly bitter dispute before the first strike due next Tuesday, 1 December. Continue reading... The Guardian