Junior doctors in England accepted a pay deal on Monday made by the government, a breakthrough that follows a series of strikes, including the longest walkout in the history of the National Health Service (NHS) earlier this year.

Junior doctors in England voted to accept a pay rise of 22.3% on average in a deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government said would bring the strikes which have hampered the country’s National Health Service to an end.

Junior doctors in England accept the government’s offer of a 22% pay rise over two years, ending their long-running dispute.

The result is the best pay agreement to emerge in almost two years of industrial action, which has hit almost every part of the public sector. The pay deal means first-year junior doctors will see their salaries rise by 24pc over two years.

Junior doctors in England have accepted the government’s offer of a 22% pay rise, but warn they will want more in the coming years. Members of the British Medical Association backed the deal offered by the government with 66% voting in favour of the increase,