By Eleanor Hayward For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:00 BST, 26 June 2019 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 26 June 2019
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Junior doctors have finally accepted a new contract – ending a bitter five-year dispute that included the first all-out strike in NHS history.
They will receive an 8.2 per cent pay rise over the next four years and increased weekend and overnight pay thanks to a £90million investment from the Government.
The long-running contract dispute saw thousands of junior doctors go on strike in 2016, two years after initial talks broke down.
![Junior doctors will receive an 8.2 per cent pay rise over the next four years and increased weekend and overnight pay thanks to a £90million investment from the Government [File photo]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/26/21/15298870-0-image-a-20_1561582580080.jpg)
Junior doctors will receive an 8.2 per cent pay rise over the next four years and increased weekend and overnight pay thanks to a £90million investment from the Government [File photo]
They staged walkouts
