have said previously that the doctors union, you said and that year that sometimes you found them completely maddening. you re quite happy a labour politician to pick holes in what the unions are doing, do you think if you do get to be health secretary might have a bit of a tricky time getting them on board? we will work with people. we want to give and nhs staff that there is a sense of light at the end of the tunnel. they will not continue to work on understaffed shifts, they will continue to feel completely burned out and going home at the end of the day feeling a sense of moral injury because despite doing their level best, they are seeing care for patients which falls below the standards they would expect, through no fault of their own. i think that is what is reflected in part by the rcn ballot result. i think it is a part of the workforce, the nursing workforce, who feel, i think, part of the workforce, the nursing workforce, who feel, ithink, really beaten up, really let down,
come from, is it going to squeeze other come from, is it going to squeeze other things in the health service and increase health spending? there is an additional demand on the economy is an additional demand on the economy which could increase inflation economy which could increase inflation at the margins, but this equivalence, people understand that if a private equivalence, people understand that if a private sector company raises wages. if a private sector company raises wages, that will add to costs and prices wages, that will add to costs and prices it wages, that will add to costs and prices. itjust isn t the same thing for public prices. itjust isn t the same thing for public sector workers. and when you have for public sector workers. and when you have had the kind of gap that has opened up since 2010 between public has opened up since 2010 between public and has opened up since 2010 between public and private sector workers in terms public and private secto
civil servants just staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servants just some - staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servantsjust some of - staff. but with nurses, teachers, civil servantsjust some of those | staff. but with nurses, teachers, l civil servantsjust some of those in civil servants just some of those in dispute, we have one big question this morning can we avoid a summer of strikes? in the last half hour, the health secretary has written to pat cullen, the woman who ll lead the nurses onto the picket lines for their most serious strike. she s here in the studio. and so will be the the cabinet minister, tory chairman, greg hands. how will the government stop that strike from happening? but you might wonder, does labour have a better answer? the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, is with us. and we ll lift our eyes to the heavens thejupiter icy moons explorer begins its eight yearjourney hunting for life beyond earth. professor carole mundell is the lead scien
one of your deputies said a couple of nights ago that it might be a possibility. are you ruling out taking action at the same time as doctors? iskate taking action at the same time as doctors? ~ ., ., , ., , , doctors? we have no plans in place to coordinate doctors? we have no plans in place to coordinate strikes. i doctors? we have no plans in place to coordinate strikes. but i i doctors? we have no plans in place to coordinate strikes. but i would l to coordinate strikes. but i would say the impact, if this government continues to turn their back on the nurses and doctors that are striking, of course patients and the nhs will feel the impact of both doctors and nurses striking. as the general secretary of the college this morning, there are no plans to coordinate strikes with junior doctors. coordinate strikes with unior doctors. ., ., , doctors. but for our viewers watching. doctors. but for our viewers watching. is doctors. but for our viewers watching, is it i doctors. b
you might step back from action because of the risks to the nhs felt too great? because of the risks to the nhs felt too treat? . . because of the risks to the nhs felt too treat? , , ., ., , too great? nurses have not stood back from the too great? nurses have not stood back from the nhs i too great? nurses have not stood back from the nhs for i too great? nurses have not stood back from the nhs for years i too great? nurses have not stood back from the nhs for years and l too great? nurses have not stood i back from the nhs for years and they have managed risk every single day for the last ten years, certainly throughout the time of this government. so the risks are there, laura. they are notjust there on the day of strike action, the risks within the health service to our patients are growing every single day because we do not have the doctors and nurses to look after our patients. patients deserve better, the public of country deserve better, it is for the government now to step