Junior doctors must suspend all strikes for the Government to consider entering talks facilitated by conciliation service Acas in a bid to end a pay dispute, a minister has suggested.Acas said it is "well prepared and ready to help" and the British Medical Association (BMA) is urging ministers to get round the table to try to break the deadlock between the parties.But Home Office minister Chris Philp said the junior doctors committee should halt "extremely damaging strike action" in order for di

Junior doctors must suspend all strikes for the Government to consider entering talks facilitated by conciliation service Acas in a bid to end a pay dispute, a minister has suggested.Acas said it is "well prepared and ready to help" and the British Medical Association (BMA) is urging ministers to get round the table to try to break the deadlock between the parties.But Home Office minister Chris Philp said the junior doctors committee should halt "extremely damaging strike action" in order for discussions take place.Touring broadcast studios on Thursday, the minister suggested Health Secretary Steve Barclay's door would be "open" - as long as the BMA contacts him directly and offers to bring industrial action to a standstill in the interim.