Streeting: the last thing the NHS needs is strike action

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the "last thing the NHS needs is strike action", urging resident doctors to call the strikes off amid amid surging cases of flu overwhelming U.K. hospitals. Report by Keechl. 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 images we've seen in emergency departments across the country in the

00:04last week speak for themselves. We've got patients on trolleys and corridors,

00:08we've got staff who are struggling to cope with a level of demand, we've got

00:12patients waiting far longer than I would want, than I would want my loved ones to

00:17wait or indeed I'd want anyone to wait and that's not least because of the

00:22enormous pressures of flu. The last thing the NHS needs on top of that is strike

00:27action and that is why I'm urging resident doctors to vote for a good deal

00:31that takes real action on jobs including emergency legislation in the new year,

00:37puts more money in their pockets, ends strikes, gets us through this Christmas

00:42and enables us to start the new year with a fresh start so we can work together to

00:48get the NHS well on the road to recovery.

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