00:00By working with the NHS, we are making real progress in bringing those waiting lists down
00:05and I committed to 2 million extra appointments in the first year of Labour government.
00:10I'm really pleased that 9, 10 months in, we've done 3 million extra appointments
00:15so we've got our doctors and nurses on the front line providing care rather than on the picket line.
00:21Obviously, that's because we accepted the pay recommendation last year.
00:25We're able to settle those disputes.
00:27Nobody wanted our nurses and doctors in industrial disputes.
00:31The pay review bodies are now going through the process, making their recommendations
00:35and we'll consider them as we always do.
00:38That's part of the annual cycle.
00:39Well, I don't think anybody wants to see strikes.
00:42Doctors and nurses don't want to be on strike.
00:44Patients don't want to see strikes.
00:46So, obviously, we want to do as we're doing now, which is to work with NHS staff,
00:51not pit against them, which is what the last government did.
00:54But, yes, it will come with further efficiencies.
00:56That's not part of the pay review mechanism.
00:59That's just an argument we've been making from the get-go,
01:02which is record investment into the NHS quite right too,
01:06but it has to come with reform and changing the way that we are operating,
01:09which is why today we are championing the fact that the NHS app, for example,
01:14is being widely used in the NHS now.
01:17People can deal with their appointments, they get their medical data, etc., etc.,
01:23on their app, and that saves, well, up till now, £5 million of staff time.
01:29So, yes, efficiencies have always been part of the argument
01:32that we're making good investment in the NHS under a Labour government, of course,
01:36but also making sure we're reforming the NHS so that it's fit for the future.
01:40So, yes, that's what we're going to do.
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