00:00The government has withdrawn its offer of 1,000 extra doctor training posts in England
00:06after the British Medical Association refused to call off a six-day strike starting on Tuesday.
00:12Prime Minister Sirkiya Starmer set a 48-hour deadline on Monday for the walkout to be cancelled,
00:18if the union wanted the posts.
00:20A Department of Health spokesperson says it is no longer operationally or financially possible
00:25to launch the positions this year.
00:27BMA Resident Doctor Committee Chair Dr Jack Fletcher calls the move extremely disappointing.
00:34Talks over pay and job shortages had previously broken down,
00:37leading to the 15th walkout from the group since March 2023.
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