RESIDENT doctors will strike for four days in a bid to reopen negotiations with the government, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.Medics are due to walk out from June 15 after the union’s first talks with new Health Secretary James Murray on Wednesday failed to reach a deal on pay and job protections.Chairman of the BMA’s resident doctors’ committee, Dr Jack Fletcher, warned that doctors were being lost to other countries because they are not valued, as he urged the government to settle the dispute.

RESIDENT doctors will strike for four days in a bid to reopen negotiations with the government, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

Medics are due to walk out from June 15 after the union’s first talks with new Health Secretary James Murray on Wednesday failed to reach a deal on pay and job protections.

Chairman of the BMA’s resident doctors’ committee, Dr Jack Fletcher, warned that doctors were being lost to other countries because they are not valued, as he urged the government to settle the dispute.

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