Peter Kyle urges striking doctors to return to work

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Thousands of resident doctors in England have begun a five-day strike after pay talks with the Government broke down. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the Government has offered a “record” 28.9% pay rise and urged doctors to “put the interests of patients first” and return to work. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00What we have done is given a record settlement to the resident doctors, 28.9%.

00:06Now that is something which other parts of the public sector haven't benefited from.

00:10We urge resident doctors to put the interests of patients first.

00:14Patients do not want these strikes. The public do not want these strikes.

00:19So let's get together, get back to work for the interests of patients.

00:23We've already lowered the waiting list by over 4 million new appointments since we came to office.

00:28Let's not put that at jeopardy. Let's keep moving forward.

00:32We recognise that in the 14 years of the Tory government, people working in the public sector didn't get the recognition that they deserved.

00:39They didn't get the pay that they needed.

00:42So we want to take action on this, but it has to be proportionate and it has to be affordable.

00:47We will not risk and jeopardise the public finances and we will not benefit one part of the public sector at the expense of the others.

00:54People understand that people need to be fairly remunerated in the public sector and in the NHS

00:59and that pay is a crucial part of providing a great service.

01:02But I don't think there are many people out there that don't think a 28.9% pay settlement is not fair.

01:09There we go.

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01:12There we go.

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01:20People find ourselves with theirola.

01:22There we go.

01:24Just wait.

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01:28somethinung that we can do business anyway.

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