STRIKE action from junior doctors resulted in more than 2,000 appointments being postponed at Barnsley Hospital.
Junior doctors’ walk-outs – which was due to pay – impacted patients on multiple occasions before the government’s increased pay offer put an end to the industrial action.
The deal will see junior doctors’ pay rise by between 3.71 per cent and 5.05 per cent – an average of 4.05 per cent – on top of their existing pay award for 2023/24.
The rise means a doctor starting foundation training in the NHS will see their base pay increase to £36,600, up from about £32,400, while a full-time doctor entering speciality training will see their pay rise to £49,900 from about £43,900.
According to a report, which assesses the impact of the strikes, 2,115 appointments were delayed or cancelled, while 1,656 working days were lost.
He said: “We inherited a broken NHS and the most devastating dispute in its history.
“Things should never have been allowed to get this bad.
“I made ending the strikes a priority and we negotiated an end to them in just three weeks.
“I am pleased that our offer has been accepted, ending the strikes ahead of looming winter pressures on the NHS.”
