The British Medical Association has offered to call off a planned strike by junior doctors later this month if NHS bosses give permission for further time for negotiations. In a letter to Danny Mortimer, the chief executive of NHS Employers, the BMA chairman of council, Professor Philip Banfield, has asked him to agree to the extension, which he can do on behalf of hospital trusts. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn