Fury as ‘reckless' NHS doctors WILL strike for FIVE DAYS this week showing ‘complete disdain for patients'
Wes Streeting said they are showing a 'complete disdain for patients'.
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NHS resident doctors, formerly junior doctors, will walk out on Friday until Wednesday.
They r efused to drop demands for another pay rise and are now locked in a stand-off with their bosses who have refused to cancel appointments like last time.
And polling shows the public no longer back them, as 33 per cent say they support strikes down from 40 per cent in May.
Mr Streeting said: 'The opportunity was there for the BMA to work with us.
'Instead, they recklessly and needlessly opted for strike action.
'After a 28.9 per cent pay hike in the last three years and the highest pay rise in the public sector two years in a row, strike action shows a complete disdain for patients and the recovery of the NHS.'
The BMA's Dr Melissa Ryan and Dr Ross Nieuwoudt said: 'We were happy to discuss non-pay issues, but were upfront this is at its core a pay dispute. What we've seen is a series of 'noes'.'
A government source said: 'The pay rise is not going to happen.
'If they were always going to say this, I don't know why they bothered negotiating.'
Rachel Power, of the Patients Association, said: 'It demonstrates a worrying disregard for the toll this disruption will have on people's health.'
Daniel Elkeles, of NHS Providers, said: 'We must ensure there are enough staff for all cancer, transplant and maternity care.
'We say to the BMA, 'Think again and pull back from this hugely damaging decision'.'
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