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ITV News
14 hours ago
- Health
- ITV News
Health secretary to meet resident doctors in last-ditch bid to avert strikes
Wes Streeting will attempt to prevent a five-day walkout by resident doctors, formerly called junior doctors, set to start next week Crunch talks between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and resident doctors are due to take place on Thursday in a bid to prevent five consecutive days of strike action. The Resident Doctors Committee (RDC) - part of the British Medical Association (BMA) - says its demands for a 29.2% salary increase is needed to reverse "pay erosion" since 2008. It said this figure is based on Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation, the measure of average changes in the price of goods and services used by most households. If talks fail, resident doctors in England are due to go on strike for five days from 7 am on July 25. The last bout of strikes ended last September when resident doctor members voted to accept a government pay deal worth 22.3% on average over two years. Discussions this time around could be tense, after Streeting told MPs on Monday that he did not see a 'reasonable trade union partner' in the RDC 'at this time'. He has insisted the government will not budge on pay, but said discussions could focus on improving the working lives of resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors. In a joint statement issued at the weekend, RDC co-chairs Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan said they were hoping to 'find a solution that our members will find acceptable and that can prevent any strike action having to take place'. What happened the last time there were doctors' strikes? A long-running wave of strikes began in March 2023 following demands by the BMA for a substantial pay rise for doctors. It said at the time that newly-qualified medics earned just £14.09 an hour, meaning they could earn more if they worked at Pret-A-Manger. The union argued that resident doctors' pay had fallen 26% since 2008-2009 in real terms and asked the government for pay restoration. After the previous Conservative government refused to come to the negotiating table, talks with the Department of Health following Labour's election victory in July 2024 was hailed as a positive step forward. In September last year, resident doctors accepted a government pay deal worth 22.3% on average over two years, bringing to an end more than a year of strike action. At the time, the BMA said 66% of their members voted to accept the deal; they also said the government had agreed separately to swap the term 'junior doctor' for 'resident doctor' to better reflect their expertise. The 2025/26 pay deal saw resident doctors given a 4% increase plus £750 'on a consolidated basis', working out as an average rise of 5.4%. Government officials said these two increases meant resident doctors had seen an average increase in pay of 28.9% over the last three years. In May this year, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it expected the average full-time basic pay for resident doctors to reach approximately £54,300 in 2025 to 2026 following the agreed-upon increase. However, the BMA has been pushing back, saying resident doctors need 29.2% to reverse 'pay erosion' since 2008/09. In September last year, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said that NHS strikes in general had cost the taxpayer almost £1.7 billion since April 2023, adding that 1.5 million appointments had been cancelled. However, the DHSC later confirmed that the figure came from financial directions to NHS England and referred to the cost of all NHS England strikes in 2023/24, according to FullFact. This means the figure did not include resident doctors' strikes in June and July 2024, nor strikes in March 2023, when the dispute began.
Glasgow Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Joe Wicks helping Government move away from ‘boring' fitness videos
Wes Streeting mocked his own suit and tie appearance as he spoke on ITV's This Morning to help promote a new animated series for children, known as Activate. Created by Wicks and backed by Government funding, the series contains five-minute workouts to get children moving. Mr Streeting said: 'It's really bite size. You can do it in your living room, you can do it in your bedroom, you can get your family involved. 'And look, the truth is that if the Government was trying to produce something like this on our own, it probably would have been like, sorry to say, but a boring Government video. 'I mean, I've just turned up looking like this this morning. 'It's kind of a really good, kind of physical manifestation of how boring Government can be. 'And the great thing about this partnership we've got is we're putting some resource behind it so we can make more of these videos and they can be more freely available. 'You've got Joe's passion, energy, dynamism – all that comes through… 'We want to be part of this, because we've got one in five children leaving primary school with obesity, so getting children active, getting them out and about, and also meeting kids where they are…Lots of them are on YouTube. 'They're doom-scrolling like the rest of us…so we're meeting these kids where they are, and giving them something fun and easy to engage with and motivational.' Mr Streeting said his own experience of kidney cancer had made him focus on his health, 'but the nature of my job means my exercise has suffered'. He joked that he was 'not going to be on the front of Men's Health (magazine)' like ITV host Ben Shephard, but every time he managed to get to the gym it was good for his body and his mental health. This is a really special moment for me ❤️ I've spent the past 8 years visiting schools, leading workouts for kids, and doing everything I can to get children moving and feeling good. From school tours to PE with Joe, I've seen how powerful a bit of movement can be – not just for… — Joe Wicks (@thebodycoach) July 15, 2025 Wicks added: 'This isn't just about the body. We have kids with serious anxiety, depression, getting pulled out of school, they're really struggling. 'So this is about holistic process, about improvising movement for the mind. 'Because when you when you get the mind right, the body will follow, the transformation will come, and food choices will improve. 'The family's energy lifts up. This is so much more than just about body image and weight loss.' The Activate episodes are being shown on Wicks' Body Coach TV channel on YouTube.
South Wales Guardian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Joe Wicks helping Government move away from ‘boring' fitness videos
Wes Streeting mocked his own suit and tie appearance as he spoke on ITV's This Morning to help promote a new animated series for children, known as Activate. Created by Wicks and backed by Government funding, the series contains five-minute workouts to get children moving. Mr Streeting said: 'It's really bite size. You can do it in your living room, you can do it in your bedroom, you can get your family involved. 'And look, the truth is that if the Government was trying to produce something like this on our own, it probably would have been like, sorry to say, but a boring Government video. 'I mean, I've just turned up looking like this this morning. 'It's kind of a really good, kind of physical manifestation of how boring Government can be. 'And the great thing about this partnership we've got is we're putting some resource behind it so we can make more of these videos and they can be more freely available. 'You've got Joe's passion, energy, dynamism – all that comes through… 'We want to be part of this, because we've got one in five children leaving primary school with obesity, so getting children active, getting them out and about, and also meeting kids where they are…Lots of them are on YouTube. 'They're doom-scrolling like the rest of us…so we're meeting these kids where they are, and giving them something fun and easy to engage with and motivational.' Mr Streeting said his own experience of kidney cancer had made him focus on his health, 'but the nature of my job means my exercise has suffered'. He joked that he was 'not going to be on the front of Men's Health (magazine)' like ITV host Ben Shephard, but every time he managed to get to the gym it was good for his body and his mental health. This is a really special moment for me ❤️ I've spent the past 8 years visiting schools, leading workouts for kids, and doing everything I can to get children moving and feeling good. From school tours to PE with Joe, I've seen how powerful a bit of movement can be – not just for… — Joe Wicks (@thebodycoach) July 15, 2025 Wicks added: 'This isn't just about the body. We have kids with serious anxiety, depression, getting pulled out of school, they're really struggling. 'So this is about holistic process, about improvising movement for the mind. 'Because when you when you get the mind right, the body will follow, the transformation will come, and food choices will improve. 'The family's energy lifts up. This is so much more than just about body image and weight loss.' The Activate episodes are being shown on Wicks' Body Coach TV channel on YouTube.
North Wales Chronicle
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
Joe Wicks helping Government move away from ‘boring' fitness videos
Wes Streeting mocked his own suit and tie appearance as he spoke on ITV's This Morning to help promote a new animated series for children, known as Activate. Created by Wicks and backed by Government funding, the series contains five-minute workouts to get children moving. Mr Streeting said: 'It's really bite size. You can do it in your living room, you can do it in your bedroom, you can get your family involved. 'And look, the truth is that if the Government was trying to produce something like this on our own, it probably would have been like, sorry to say, but a boring Government video. 'I mean, I've just turned up looking like this this morning. 'It's kind of a really good, kind of physical manifestation of how boring Government can be. 'And the great thing about this partnership we've got is we're putting some resource behind it so we can make more of these videos and they can be more freely available. 'You've got Joe's passion, energy, dynamism – all that comes through… 'We want to be part of this, because we've got one in five children leaving primary school with obesity, so getting children active, getting them out and about, and also meeting kids where they are…Lots of them are on YouTube. 'They're doom-scrolling like the rest of us…so we're meeting these kids where they are, and giving them something fun and easy to engage with and motivational.' Mr Streeting said his own experience of kidney cancer had made him focus on his health, 'but the nature of my job means my exercise has suffered'. He joked that he was 'not going to be on the front of Men's Health (magazine)' like ITV host Ben Shephard, but every time he managed to get to the gym it was good for his body and his mental health. This is a really special moment for me ❤️ I've spent the past 8 years visiting schools, leading workouts for kids, and doing everything I can to get children moving and feeling good. From school tours to PE with Joe, I've seen how powerful a bit of movement can be – not just for… — Joe Wicks (@thebodycoach) July 15, 2025 Wicks added: 'This isn't just about the body. We have kids with serious anxiety, depression, getting pulled out of school, they're really struggling. 'So this is about holistic process, about improvising movement for the mind. 'Because when you when you get the mind right, the body will follow, the transformation will come, and food choices will improve. 'The family's energy lifts up. This is so much more than just about body image and weight loss.' The Activate episodes are being shown on Wicks' Body Coach TV channel on YouTube.
Leader Live
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Joe Wicks helping Government move away from ‘boring' fitness videos
Wes Streeting mocked his own suit and tie appearance as he spoke on ITV's This Morning to help promote a new animated series for children, known as Activate. Created by Wicks and backed by Government funding, the series contains five-minute workouts to get children moving. Mr Streeting said: 'It's really bite size. You can do it in your living room, you can do it in your bedroom, you can get your family involved. 'And look, the truth is that if the Government was trying to produce something like this on our own, it probably would have been like, sorry to say, but a boring Government video. 'I mean, I've just turned up looking like this this morning. 'It's kind of a really good, kind of physical manifestation of how boring Government can be. 'And the great thing about this partnership we've got is we're putting some resource behind it so we can make more of these videos and they can be more freely available. 'You've got Joe's passion, energy, dynamism – all that comes through… 'We want to be part of this, because we've got one in five children leaving primary school with obesity, so getting children active, getting them out and about, and also meeting kids where they are…Lots of them are on YouTube. 'They're doom-scrolling like the rest of us…so we're meeting these kids where they are, and giving them something fun and easy to engage with and motivational.' Mr Streeting said his own experience of kidney cancer had made him focus on his health, 'but the nature of my job means my exercise has suffered'. He joked that he was 'not going to be on the front of Men's Health (magazine)' like ITV host Ben Shephard, but every time he managed to get to the gym it was good for his body and his mental health. This is a really special moment for me ❤️ I've spent the past 8 years visiting schools, leading workouts for kids, and doing everything I can to get children moving and feeling good. From school tours to PE with Joe, I've seen how powerful a bit of movement can be – not just for… — Joe Wicks (@thebodycoach) July 15, 2025 Wicks added: 'This isn't just about the body. We have kids with serious anxiety, depression, getting pulled out of school, they're really struggling. 'So this is about holistic process, about improvising movement for the mind. 'Because when you when you get the mind right, the body will follow, the transformation will come, and food choices will improve. 'The family's energy lifts up. This is so much more than just about body image and weight loss.' The Activate episodes are being shown on Wicks' Body Coach TV channel on YouTube.
