A FOUR-DAY strike by resident doctors in England has been called off after the government made a last-ditch new offer which will be put to members, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

Medics were due to walkout over pay and a lack of specialist training places from 7am tomorrow — the 16th round of strike action since 2023.

The offer is understood to include standard 2016 resident doctor contract terms for all locally employed doctors and an average 6.6 per cent pay uplift to be fully implemented by April 2027.

On Saturday, the BMA’s resident doctors committee chairman Dr Jack Fletcher said: “We have always been clear that no strikes needed to go ahead if we received an offer appropriate to put to our members.

“This should not have been left to the last moment, but we hold up our end of the bargain when the government shifts its position.

“All we have asked for is a fair offer that secures enough jobs to tackle the madness of doctor unemployment and take steps to address the erosion of our pay. 

“Tens of thousands of front-line doctors will now vote in a referendum on whether this offer is sufficient.

“We will always negotiate in good faith and strikes are a last resort that we will only use in the face of complete government intransigence. When government moves, so do we.”

If the offer is rejected, “we will have to continue our plans for further escalated action across next month,” he said.

Health Secretary James Murray said: “It is a positive and welcome development — especially for patients — that the BMA have called off these unnecessary strikes.”