Junior doctors in England to hold strike talks with government

Talks expected to take place next week but Department of Health and Social Care says issue of pay will not be on table

Junior doctors will meet government officials for talks aimed at ending the long-running dispute over pay and conditions in the English NHS.

The British Medical Association (BMA) said it had agreed to the talks, although the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the issue of pay would not be on the table.