Doctors and psychiatrists in New South Wales have agreed to not strike for the next three months, but they will continue to fight for a wage rise.
The Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) said on Friday its members would not engage in industrial action until at least July 1.
Workers from the two essential roles went on strike in NSW for the first time since 1998 earlier this week to negotiate a long sought-after pay rise.
The state's Industrial Relations Commission ordered the union to abandon its three-day doctors strike on April 1 but it was ignored by workers.
The strike was also against the advice of medical indemnity insurers but now the ASMOF said it would comply with the order.
The strike caused hundreds of doctor appointments to be cancelled across 30 hospitals in the state between Tuesday and Thursday.
The union wants a 30 per cent pay rise for doctors over an unspecified number of years and a 25 per cent pay rise for psychiatrists in one year.
ASMOF president Dr Nicholas Spooner said his union's reversal was done in good faith in order to kick start negotiations towards a pay rise for workers.
Doctors and psychiatrists in New South Wales will not strike again for at least three months
The Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation agreed that its members would not enter into industrial action while the union negotiated pay increases with the state
Dr Spooner said the standoff against the state's industrial commission was a win for workers.
'We have agreed to the orders of the commission as a good faith undertaking. But let's be clear, we do so from a position of strength,' he said.
'Thousands of doctors turned out at rallies across NSW to make their voices heard, and more than 3,000 doctors joined the union this week, a membership increase of over 30 per cent.
'We want to see all matters resolved fairly, including the psychiatrists' dispute.'
NSW Health attended a hearing regarding a separate psychiatrists wage dispute which had been postponed by a week because of the industrial action.
ASMOF and NSW Health will appear before the commission for another directions hearing on April 14.
The hearing will determine the pathway towards arbitrating the Doctors Award.
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said the union had been trying to have their cake and eat it too as it engaged in industrial action while demanding negotiations.
The recent industrial action resulted in the cancellation of roughly 700 elective surgeries, according to the NSW government.
ASMOF refused the state government's offer of a 10.5 per cent wage increase over three years plus a backdated three per cent rise for doctors and psychiatrists.
The state claimed that any more than that would be unfundable by government.
ASMOF's demands seek to achieve pay-parity for doctors and psychiatrists in NSW with those in other states
Doctors argued the pay rises were needed to stop colleagues from moving interstate where pay and conditions were better.
'Doctors at this rally have actually already signed contracts in other states,' junior doctor Henry Crayton told AAP.
'I'd be lying if I said I myself was not actively looking, because if the state government doesn't value me and doesn't help me be the best doctor I can, why would I stay?'
Daily Mail Australia has contacted The Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation and the NSW government for comment.