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- The British Medical Association announced plans to ballot senior doctors in England for industrial action.
- The decision follows talks with the government over last week's pay award, which the BMA deemed insufficient.
- Ballots for hospital consultants and specialty doctors run May 11 to July 6.
- If approved, it could lead to simultaneous industrial action by all doctors in secondary care across England, posing a major challenge for the government.
