Strike action is the only way to get Manx Care to listen to concerns over pay, a union has said.

Negotiations with the British Medical Association continue after planned strike action announced.

Doctors working for Manx Care will stage a 48-hour walkout from 22 January in a row over pay.

Manx Care says a union has not accepted an offer to match pay scales in England for the lower paid.

Figures from New Year's Eve show that more than half of the 892 people who attended EDs had to wait for more than 12 hours.

British Medical Association members working for Manx Care say they are willing to strike over pay.

Bob Krysiak says the industrial action could disrupt Rachel's specialist care.

Scottish GP representatives said they were not given fair pay rises compared to other NHS doctors.