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Dr Shivam Sharma, Deputy Chair of the BMA Resident Doctors Committee, says "these strikes are temporary but the pressure and problems within the NHS are continuous". The union representative adds "if we don't do something about it, the damage to the NHS will be permanent". Resident doctors begin a six day strike action tomorrow. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00So these strikes are temporary but the pressure and problems within the NHS are continuous and
00:05if we don't do something about it the damage to the NHS will be permanent. And so what doctors
00:11are trying to do is shine a light on the issues and try and fix the issues. We're seeing the
00:15NHS
00:16continue on this managed decline and until we actually deal with the key issues of properly
00:21staffing hospitals, properly valuing the staff there and giving patients the timely care that
00:27they deserve, that things will only continue to get worse and it will be impossible to fix. So the
00:32government needs to change the direction and actually value the staff that are in there,
00:38invest in increasing the number of doctors and the number of specialists we're producing and this
00:43will ultimately benefit patients greatly.
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