Some senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the government.
It means speciality and associate specialist (SAS) doctors - medics who have finished junior doctor training but are not working as either consultants or GPs - have joined their consultant colleagues in ending their dispute.
SAS doctors had not yet taken strike action, but had been threatening to do so.
The pay deal is worth up to 19.4% and includes reform of the contract and changes to career progression.
The announcement comes ahead of a planned five-day strike next week by junior doctors in the lead up to the general election. It will be their 11th walkout of the dispute.
The BMA has asked for a 35% pay rise to make up for what it says is 15 years of below-inflation pay rises.
Junior doctors received a pay rise averaging nearly 9% in the last financial year.
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