A change in health secretary may have helped deliver the breakthrough in the resident doctors\u2019 strike, DAUK\u2019s GP co-lead has told national radio listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Steve Taylor was speaking on LBC after the BMA announced the government had \u2018made a new offer\u2019 at the last minute which it would put to its members for a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Taylor said: \u201cIt\u2019s about who\u2019s in charge and how they are listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt seems to me that when Wes Streeting was in charge, he wasn\u2019t listening anymore and it became a challenge for the BMA to have conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve now had a conversation with somebody new and managed to get something done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: \u201cIt’s possible that the change in health secretary has made a difference. We know that happens a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Taylor described the agreement as \u2018a compromise\u2019 and said he hopes it\u2019s acceptable to both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201cIt was always a negotiation. It was always a compromise, but from what I\u2019ve read, it seems to fit both sides okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be good for us as taxpayers and good for resident doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: \u201cWe don\u2019t want any strikes. We want people to be working hard in the NHS and being rewarded well for what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n