Hunt Tries To Bring Medics Back From The Brink

Alarm has been growing in the NHS that junior doctors could go on strike just as hospitals hit their busiest period of the year. So it is no surprise that the Health Secretary has offered a big rise in basic pay in a last ditch bid to avert industrial action. Full details of a "firm contract offer" are expected on Wednesday, just a day before the British Medical Association (BMA) begins to ballot 50,000 junior doctors.