JUNIOR doctors are to stage a fresh round of strikes after talks with the Government failed to resolve a bitter row over pay.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said a 96-hour walkout will take place in England for shifts starting between 6.59am on Tuesday April 11 and 6.59am on Saturday April 15.
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Junior doctors in the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) will strike on the same days.
Picket lines formed at Whiston Hospital in March as junior doctors held a three-day strike as part of the dispute over pay.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said the BMA placed an “unreasonable” pre-condition on talks of a 35 per cent pay rise but the union denied this was the case.
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