Malawana told the BMA junior doctors’ annual conference last Saturday: “We’re talking. Hopes are rising that the bitter NHS junior doctors dispute could soon be over, with an announcement expected on Wednesday that peace talks have produced a compromise deal. Whether or not the deal is enough to end months of industrial action by junior doctors will depend on the outcome of a ballot among the 45,000 junior doctors who belong to the BMA. Related: Is the junior doctors’ strike justified? Much will rest on whether Malawana, the chair of the BMA’s junior doctors committee, endorses or rejects the deal, given his popularity among BMA members.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2016 13:58 UTC