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Sir Keir Starmer: Resident Doctors Strikes ‘Irresponsible’
Eighty-three percent of BMA resident doctors voted to strike over pay and training issues despite a government offer including training expansion and expenses coverage.
- On Wednesday, members of the British Medical Association resident doctors rejected a new offer and will strike for five days from 7am, joining picket lines in the run-up to Christmas.
- Because the offer included no extra pay, the Government proposed more specialist training posts and covered exam fees, but the British Medical Association rejected it as `too little, too late`.
- The union ballot returned a 65% turnout and 83% of resident doctors supported continuing strike action.
- Trust leaders warned the strike will mean further disruption and a `very difficult Christmas` for the health service, while NHS Providers said it will `inevitably result in harm to patients and damage to the NHS`.
- Wes Streeting, Health secretary, appealed to ordinary resident doctors to work and criticised the union's `shocking regard for patient safety`, while the prime minister said he was `very gutted` and Sir Keir Starmer, Labour leader, called the strikes `irresponsible`.
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Sir Keir Starmer: Resident doctors strikes ‘irresponsible’
The Prime Minister said he is ‘very gutted’ that medics have voted to go ahead with walkouts this week.
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