Junior doctor strike: Talks to shift away from pay

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The Transport Secretary comments on ongoing negotiations between the government and the BMA on planned resident doctor strikes, as the health secretary seeks to focus conditions rather than further pay increases. Heidi Alexander stresses the need for unity in the getting the NHS back on its feet.   Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The junior doctors in the last pay deal received about a 28% pay increase over the last three years

00:07and so the health secretary has said that he can't go beyond the I think it's about a 5% pay offer

00:14that the government have made to the junior doctors but he does want to sit down and talk

00:19to the junior doctors about things like working conditions. We need to work together to get the

00:25NHS back on its feet. We've made some really good progress in the last 12 months with bringing

00:30down those hospital waiting lists. I don't think junior doctors want to see us going backwards

00:36on that progress and so it's really important that the government and all NHS staff work

00:42together so that we can deliver that really high quality patient care that people across

00:47the country want and deserve.

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