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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged patients to seek help if they need it despite resident doctor strikes. Report by Johals. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00If people need to access the NHS, they still come forward.
00:03I really worry about people putting off to tomorrow or to next week
00:08attention that is needed today.
00:11Emergency services are still running
00:13and we've managed to maintain 95% of all planned cares,
00:18things like your tests and scans and operations and appointments.
00:20But there's no getting away from the fact that these strikes will be disruptive.
00:24They will cost the NHS £300 million that could have been put to better use.
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