Senior doctors in England have voted in favour of taking industrial action, but the threat of more strikes by nurses has ended after a union ballot failed to meet the legal threshold.
The British Medical Association (BMA) said on Tuesday that 86 percent of its members backed industrial action on a turnout of 71 percent, well above the legal threshold of 50 percent.
The BMA said that unless the government makes a “credible” pay offer, hospital consultants will take part in industrial action on July 20 and 21—just days after junior doctors in England are due to strike for five days over pay.
The announcement came just hours after the threat of more strikes by nurses ended because a ballot on further industrial action failed to meet the legal threshold….