0ne consultant said he wasn t striking because of the impact on the patients. they re waiting for clinical appointments, waiting for operations, waiting for investigations and that s having a real impact both on their quality of life and sometimes on their health. i didn t feel in good conscience that i could join a strike that would contribute to that. but i recognise the good intentions of all of those who are striking. as consultant members of the british medical association formed picket lines, ministers argued they had met demands on pension tax relief and made a fair pay award. it s now time to put patients first and for consultants to call off this strike and focus on patients. so, we have listened to the bma in terms of the changes we made to pension taxation and we also adopted in full the recommendations of the pay review body. there is no strike in scotland or
The time is coming up to 6.20. our top story this evening. england s hospital consultants go on strike. and zach crawley hits 189 for england. and in 15 minutes. we ll be assessing the impact of the 48 hour strike by nhs consultants as part of their long running pay dispute. and we speak to the guitar maker from sussex who s been working with some of the biggest names in music. 32 teams are taking part. new zealand had their first ever win in the tournament in their match against norway. there was victory too for australia, as jane dougall reports from sydney.
The wait has doubled and then i don t know how long i have to wait after that. it was almost, i had a target, at least every day would be a step towards it whereas currently i feel i was going forwards and i ve been knocked back. so, what s the strike all about? den is an a&e consultant from merseyside. she says pay has lagged well behind inflation and the 6% award simply isn t enough. compared to much of the rest of the population, consultants are pretty well paid. is it right to strike over pay? i accept that consultants are highly paid compared to a lot of people across the uk. there s no denying that. the truth of the matter is that there is currently an open market for doctors across the world. if we want to be leaders, if we want to have an nhs which, you know, is a world leading health service, we need to keep doctors here. and at the moment, they re leaving.
That s the message to big meat eaters, from scientists who say it would reduce carbon dioxide emissions significantly. and the women s world cup gets under way as new zealand co hosting with australia get their first ever world cup win. coming get their first ever world cup win. up at foil lake. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in england have begun a 48 hour strike in a dispute over pay. it has meant that thousands of planned operations have been postponed. only emergency cover is being provided. consultants current basic pay is between £88,000 and £119,000 a year, but some consulants can earn more for on call and out of hours work. the institute for fiscal studies says consultants in england have
Planned in wales. the government has said there will be no talks and there is no sign of the dispute being resolved any time soon. in fact the bma has called another two day consultant strike for the of august. solidarity to you all. and with the rail union leader offering support at a meeting of bma members this afternoon, there seem to for some doctors at least a desire to press on with their action. alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about nigel farage were deeply inappropriate. mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didn t align with the bank s values. tonight miss rose has repeated her offer of alternative banking arrangements for