Wes Streeting says nothing to be 'achieved' by junior doctors strike action ahead of electionSky News
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00:00West Virginian, can I start by asking you about the junior doctor's strikes? Do you
00:03want them called off? Yes, as I've said today in an interview with The Sun,
00:08this government is incapable of resolving the dispute before polling day
00:13on the 4th of July. I don't think there's anything to be achieved by having
00:17strikes in the election campaign. The only thing we will see is more untold
00:22misery inflicted on patients who see their appointments and procedures
00:26delayed and also junior doctors out of pocket when I know that cost of living
00:30is a massive issue. So you'll be saying to the BMA junior doctors committee, you are
00:36wrong to go ahead with this? Yeah, I've called on them to call off the strikes
00:39in the election campaign.