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Doctors should enter talks with ‘reasonable expectations’ – Government

Source: PA Wire

A 35% pay rise for junior doctors in England is “not affordable, even over several years”, the Government has said as the bitter row over pay rumbles on.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has asked for the Government to “fully restore pay” with a 35% increase, but medics have said that the increase does not have to come “in one go”.

In a statement on Tuesday, the

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