Health secretary refuses to resume talks with striking doctors
by Emily Dugan from World news | The Guardian on (#6HA4J)
Victoria Atkins says extra money is available but talks will not resume unless strikes across England are called off
The health secretary, Victoria Atkins, has refused to resume talks with junior doctors unless they call off their strike.
As doctors entered their second day of a three-day strike in England, Atkins showed no sign of shifting position. Talks between the government and the doctors' union, the British Medical Association, broke down earlier this month after ministers refused to make a final offer before the BMA's deadline.
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