Post by pavel on Jan 12, 2016 10:50:23 GMT -6
Talks between striking British doctors and the government are due to resume later this week following the first strike in more than 40 years on Tuesday.
The mediator in the negotiations told POLITICO they plan to reconvene talks either Thursday or Friday, with a date scheduled once this first action ends.
But any talk of reconciliation could not be seen on Tuesday, with both sides turning up the rhetoric in a dispute over pay and working conditions.
NHS England said in a lunchtime statement that 39 percent of junior doctors, out of a possible 26,000 scheduled to work, reported for their day shift. It’s the first of three planned actions in the coming weeks. Combining junior doctors, other doctors and consultants, 71 percent of the total hospital medical workforce attended work on the first strike day.
Read more: www.politico.eu/article/uk-doctors-strike-cuts-health-care-pay-social-conditions/
The mediator in the negotiations told POLITICO they plan to reconvene talks either Thursday or Friday, with a date scheduled once this first action ends.
But any talk of reconciliation could not be seen on Tuesday, with both sides turning up the rhetoric in a dispute over pay and working conditions.
NHS England said in a lunchtime statement that 39 percent of junior doctors, out of a possible 26,000 scheduled to work, reported for their day shift. It’s the first of three planned actions in the coming weeks. Combining junior doctors, other doctors and consultants, 71 percent of the total hospital medical workforce attended work on the first strike day.
Read more: www.politico.eu/article/uk-doctors-strike-cuts-health-care-pay-social-conditions/