Consultants in England have warned that further strikes will take place if the Government continues to “refuse to agree to pay talks”.
These strikes will take place on September 19 and 20 unless an agreement is reached.
Consultants in England are already planning to take industrial action on August 24 and 25.
The BMA said that following a two-day strike in July, it has once again written to the Health Secretary Steve Barclay to invite him to discuss pay and reform of the doctors’ pay review body to end the industrial action which has hit the NHS.
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Dr Vishal Sharma, BMA consultants committee chairman said: “No consultant wants to take strike action but unless we take a stand, we risk losing our most experienced doctors, putting the very future of the NHS at risk.
“It’s not too late to avert these strikes and we call upon the Health Secretary to meet with us urgently.”
Junior doctors in England are staging a four-day strike from 7am on Friday, also over pay.
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