By Tomos Evans, Wales reporterDoctors in Wales have accepted a pay offer from the Welsh government.This will be seen as a win for the Labour Party, which is in power in Wales.The British Medical Association announced on Friday that the three separate disputes between the government and consultants, junior doctors, and specialists, had come to an end.In a referendum, 96% of junior doctors voted to accept a pay uplift of 7.4%, bringing the total to of 12.4% backdated to April 2023.
Dr Oba Babs-Osibodu and Dr Peter Fahey co-chairs of the BMA's Welsh Junior Doctors Committee said junior doctors had been 'undervalued'.'While we are pleased with the progress we have made, the fight for full pay restoration is far from over,' they added.Wales's first minister, Vaughan Gething, said the Welsh government had 'listened to doctors' - and had negotiated a deal which 'ensures doctors are back at work'.
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