NHS junior doctors have voted to accept the government's pay deal.

British Medical Association members voted 66 per cent in favour of a 22 per cent pay rise over two years. 46,000 people took part in the online ballot.

The cumulative impact of the uplifts mean a doctor starting foundation training in the NHS will see their basic pay increase to £36,600, compared to around £32,400 before the deal.

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting said: "We inherited a broken NHS, the most devastating dispute in the health service’s history, and negotiations hadn’t taken place with the previous Ministers since March.

"Things should never have been allowed to get this bad. That’s why I made ending the strikes a priority, and we negotiated an end to them in just three weeks.

"I am pleased that our offer has been accepted, ending the strikes ahead of looming winter pressures on the NHS.

"This marks the necessary first step in our mission to cut waiting lists, reform the broken health service, and make it fit for the future."

The chief executive of NHS Providers, Sir Julian Hartley, said: “This is great news.

“The dispute has been disruptive, divisive and costly.

“It’s been a major distraction for trust leaders in their work to maintain and improve services at a time of extraordinary pressure on the NHS.

“Now there is a real opportunity to move on.

“It’s vital though that the agreement does not eat into trust budgets which are already severely stretched.”