BMA are being 'irresponsible' and doctors should accept offer on table - Sir Keir Starmer - video Dailymotion

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The British Medical Association are being “irresponsible” and resident doctors should accept the offer on the table, says Sir Keir Starmer. On a visit to Norfolk the Prime Minister said: “I’m very concerned with the action of the BMA. They are being irresponsible in my view."

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

00:09view. We have already put in place quite a significant pay rise. There are other

00:15issues that they're concerned about which we've been listening to and we put

00:19an offer on the table to deal with those issues but that offer can only go

00:23forward if they don't take stride capture, particularly in the run-up to

00:28Christmas, particularly when we've got a problem with flu. It would be irresponsible

00:32for BMA to push through and I think for many resident doctors, I think in their

00:38heart of hearts they probably don't want to do this. So I just say to the BMA do

00:43the responsible thing, accept the offer that's on the table and we can all move

00:48forward because at the moment this is a challenge not only to the winter but

00:52also the good work we've done in bringing down waiting times which is in

00:56everybody's interests.

BMA are being 'irresponsible' and doctors should accept offer on table - Sir Keir Starmer

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