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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