Doctors have ended their strike and returned to work amid new hope that a deal over changes to their contracts can be reached before the next planned 48-hour walkout.
Thousands of junior doctors walked out for 24 hours, while around 4,000 operations had to be cancelled.
Two further strikes are planned but talks are expected to resume in an effort to break the stalemate.
Doctors have ended their strike and returned to work amid new hope that a deal over changes to their contracts can be reached before the next planned 48-hour walkout.
Thousands of junior doctors walked out for 24 hours, with some even refusing a plea to return to work, while around 4,000 operations had to be cancelled.
British Medical Association (BMA) council chairman Dr Mark Porter said neither side wanted the dispute to go on "indefinitely" and urged the Government to "recognise the strength of feeling" among medics.
Danny Mortimer, the head of NHS Employers, which is representing the Government in negotiations, said he was "desperate" to avoid a repeat of the strike.
Two further strikes are planned but talks are expected to resume in an effort to break the stalemate.
Dr Porter told The Times newspaper that BMA members were still backing further strikes.
Retired Dr Henry Goodall, who was a junior doctor in 1970, says the current generation are "used to working less hard with fewer hours".
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