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Junior doctors return to work as talks begin to avoid next walk-out

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.

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Talks to avert another doctors' strike to resume

Talks to prevent further strikes by junior doctors will resume on Thursday, Acas said.

In a statement, Acas, which aims to resolve employment disputes, said:

The sides involved in the junior doctors' dispute have agreed to take part in Acas conciliation talks on Thursday 14 January and Friday 15 January.

Tomorrow's talks are due to start at 10am.

– Acas

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