Reaction to junior doctors' dispute

Summary

The government's "final" contract offer to junior doctors in England has been rejected
The British Medical Association said the offer, which included a concession on Saturday pay, was not enough
Ministers are now expected to announce they will impose a contract on doctors
A second 24-hour strike over pay and conditions ended at 08:00 GMT
About 3,000 operations have been cancelled as a result of the action

Live Reporting

Dominic Howell and Anna Browning

Protests under way in Londonpublished at 08:58 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
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Junior doctors are 'angry and upset'published at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
As the strike began, one junior doctor on the picket line at Preston Royal Hospital spoke to BBC Radio 5 live.
He said: "Morale is at the lowest it's ever been in the NHS I think. And you know my very senior consultant colleagues can fully agree with that as well. I've been a junior doctor now for five years and certainly the way in which we work in the NHS has changed totally."
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Junior doctors are angry and we are upset and the way in which we've been treated by the government and in particular the messages which have been sent out by [Health Secretary] Jeremy Hunt just go to show that he clearly feels that we have very little value.
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Video explainerpublished at 08:39 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle explains in just one minute 42 seconds what the dispute is all about.
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BBC Health correspondent Nick Triggle explains BMA dispute with government
What you need to know to stay safepublished at 08:37 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
Click here for some handy tips designed to keep patients safe while the strike is ongoing.
More background about the rowpublished at 08:36 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
Click here, external to read the government's so-called "firm offer" made to the unions in November - this offer included an 11% rise in basic pay. However, other elements of the pay package are set to be curbed, including the definition of what constitutes unsociable hours.
Since then, the BBC understands, the BMA has put forward a proposal that would have seen doctors' basic pay rise by about half the 11% offered by ministers in return for Saturday not being treated as a normal working day.
But this was not accepted.
How close has a deal come?published at 08:28 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
The row over the junior doctors' new contract has been rumbling on for years.
In November the government made a "new" revised offer to the doctors' union, the BMA.
Here is a look at how close the two sides have come to reaching a deal.
British Medical Association calls for 'safe' contractpublished at 08:21 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
The doctors' union, the BMA has this to say as the strike gets under way:
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Analysispublished at 08:19 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
Nick Triggle, BBC health correspondent
From the previous strike, we know what to expect – cancellations of routine treatments, operations and appointments. What is not known is what happens next? Talks at Acas have broken down – and at this stage seem unlikely to restart. Within government, discussions have been had about whether it is time to impose a contract.
Welcomepublished at 08:17 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2016
Hello and welcome to the BBC's rolling coverage of the junior doctors' strike.
Here's a quick guide to what the row is all about.