Family doctors' leaders have offered an olive branch to ministers in their bitter battle over the Government's NHS reforms.
The Royal College of General Practitioners - which has been one of the strongest opponents of the Health and Social Care Bill - has written to prime minister David Cameron offering talks on its implementation.
In her letter, sent last week, college chair Clare Gerada stressed that they had not changed their views on the legislation, the Press Association reported.
However she said the debate had become "polarised" and suggested the time had come "to restate our similarities rather than continuously focus on our differences".
The prospect of a truce with the GPs - who have a key role to play in the reforms - will come as a relief to the government as the Bill returns to the House of Lords on Tuesday while MPs stage an opposition day debate in the Commons.
In the letter to Mr Cameron, Dr Gerada wrote: "We both share a passion for the NHS and we all want to find a way of improving it.
"I am therefore writing to you in the hope that we can find an acceptable way forward in which the Royal College of General Practitioners is able to work with the Government towards the future stability of the NHS in England and where we can help you find a way through the tensions to achieve a better health service for our patients.
"Though we do not agree on the need for, and potential impacts of, parts of the proposed legislation, I assure you that our mutual concern remains providing and planning the best possible quality of care to our patients.
"I hope you will consider the wealth of experience that the RCGP represents, and will look at ways for us to work together to make the health service secure, stable, and safe, now and in the future."
Meanwhile Ed Miliband urged MPs of all parties to use Labour's opposition day debate to take a final opportunity to state their opposition to the Bill.
"I would appeal to MPs from all parties to stand back, recognise these concerns and take this final opportunity in the House of Commons to reject this Bill," the Labour leader said.