Labour says it’s “unforgivable” that the Prime Minister has been “completely absent” from negotiation talks with doctors to end NHS strikes. The Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, said the government needs to “get doctors around the table" in order to negotiate an end to the strikes.
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00:00 There's no doubt that the strikes we're seeing in the NHS are seeing huge numbers of appointments
00:07 cancelled, operations delayed. This is disruption that doctors don't want and patients can't
00:13 afford. And that's why it's unforgivable that the Prime Minister is completely absent, failing
00:18 to show any leadership whatsoever. The most important thing Rishi Sunak could be doing
00:23 right now is to get doctors around the table and negotiate an end to these strikes. And
00:28 if he can't achieve it, then at least call in ACAS, get in independent arbitration, because
00:33 the longer these strikes go on, the longer patients will wait.
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