Michael Matheson wants to help after medics north of the border accepted a deal last week that ended the threat of industrial action.
Michael Matheson has offered to mediate in pay talks in Edinburgh between England’s junior doctors and the UK Government.
In a letter to UK health secretary Steve Barclay, seen by the Sunday Mail, Matheson states: “To help break the impasse, I would like to offer the services of myself and my officials to mediate new talks between the UK Government and the BMA junior doctors’ representatives. “It must also be recognised these matters go beyond just pay. The longer the action continues due to the UK Government refusing to engage, it is patients in England that are suffering.
He claimed there were “significant variations” in waiting times and that in England waits of over 78 weeks had been “virtually eliminated”.
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