部长们起初希望通过接受英国医学协会 (BMA) 官员修改后的合同来结束这场由变化引发的纠纷，但是37,000名参与投票的初级医生中，有58%反对该合同。
Ministers had hoped to end the dispute over the changes by agreeing to a reformed contract with British Medical Association officials, but 58 per cent of the 37,000 junior doctors who took part in a ballot had rejected it.