Junior doctors are set to take industrial action, says BMA

Junior doctors are set to take three days of industrial action, after negotiations between the association and the government over the terms of the junior doctor contract broke down on Monday 4 January, the BMA has said.

As The BMJ went to press the association announced that the action would take place in January and February, after the government failed to meet junior doctors’ concerns over changes to the contract. It said that the government did not recognise the need …