The conciliation service Acas has been brought in to try to break the deadlock in the resident doctors’ strike in England.
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has become involved in an effort to find a resolution to the long-running dispute as medics strike for the 14th time over pay and jobs.
Acas’s intervention comes after NHS bosses and the Patients Association in recent days urged the government and the British Medical Association to agree to independent mediation to break the deadlock.
“Acas is in contact with all the parties involved in the resident doctors’ dispute,” said Kevin Rowan, the independent industrial relations conciliation body’s director of dispute resolution, confirming the move.
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