UK Health Workers Nearing End of Strikes as Pay Deals Reached

Unions for NHS staff, including nurses and ambulance workers, have recommended their members back a fresh offer of a 5% pay rise from April. The British Medical Association (BMA) and government are not yet in talks to resolve the junior doctors' dispute. The junior doctors' pay dispute is far from resolved with the BMA calling for a 35% pay rise, which it argues will reverse 15 years of cuts. The government made a last-minute offer of formal pay talks last Friday - three days before the walkout. The onus is now on both sides in the doctors' dispute to show willingness to get round the table.