Resident doctors strike cancelled as union backs latest pay offer

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By Claudia Tanner

Planned strike action by resident doctors in Scotland next week has been called off to allow the BMA to put a fresh £133 million pay offer from the government to its members.

A national four-day walkout was scheduled to begin on Tuesday after doctors accused ministers of breaking promises over pay. It would have been the first time that resident doctors in Scotland had taken industrial action, unlike in the other three UK countries.