Junior doctors have been invited for pay talks as the Government makes a last ditch bid to avoid next week's 72-hour strike.
Health Secretary said he had proposed negotiations 'on the same basis other health unions accepted', after planned industrial action by tens of thousands of key workers was suspended when the Government agreed to discuss pay for this year.
Unions representing ambulance workers, physiotherapists, nurses and midwives have been in talks with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) since Tuesday.
But the discussions have not involved junior doctors in the British Medical Association (BMA), who are still due to walk out for 72 hours on Monday. Read more: Person seriously injured in hit-and-run as police issue appeal for information Mr Barclay tweeted on Friday night: "I’ve written to @BMA_JuniorDocs inviting them for formal pay talks on the same basis other health unions accepted, including calling off next week's strike.