Starmer: The actions of the BMA are ‘irresponsible’

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer condemns the actions of members of the British Medical Association calling it “irresponsible” as doctors consider strike action in the run-up to Christmas.   Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I'm very concerned with the action of the BMA. They are being irresponsible in my

00:05view. We have already put in place quite a significant pay rise. There are other

00:11issues that they're concerned about which we've been listening to and we put

00:14an offer on the table to deal with those issues but that offer can only go

00:19forward if they don't take strike action particularly in the run-up to Christmas

00:24particularly when we've got a problem with flu. It would be irresponsible the

00:28BMA to push through and I think for many resident doctors I think in their

00:33heart of hearts they probably don't want to do this so I just say to the BMA do

00:39the responsible thing accept the offer that's on the table and we can all move

00:43forward because at the moment this is a challenge not only to the winter but

00:48also the good work we've done in bringing down waiting times which is in

00:52everybody's interest.

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