Junior doctors in England have entered “mediated talks” with the Government with a view to ending a long-running dispute over pay. The British Medical Association (BMA) said that its junior doctors’ committee had entered a new “intensive phase of talks” with the Government which is being facilitated by an external mediator. Junior doctors have staged a series of walkouts over the past year as part of a campaign by the BMA calling for pay restoration. Today the committee have agreed to enter into mediation with an independent external party in order to try and break the logjam and gain a credible pay offer for 23/24Read more 👇https://t.co/klEAeeikFx pic.twitter.com/YqviZzUPkf — Junior Doctors (@BMA_JuniorDocs) May 15, 2024 In a statement, co-chairs of the committee Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi said: “We have been in dispute for more than a year with the Government over declining junior doctor pay, exploring various avenues to try and resolve it. “We have been looking at ways of restoring trust between parties and believe that an independent mediator can help break the logjam. “We hope to reach a credible solution as soon as possible” The union said on X, formerly Twitter, that it hoped that...