the strikers say urgent care isn t affected, and call on the prime minister to sit down to talks. he can bring this strike to a conclusion before the end of this week. he owes it to this profession. every member of the public in the country so let s do it right now. we are keen to talk, we are engaging with the trade unions. on pay, we have an independent process and we have accepted that in full and, of course, that comes on top of the extra prioritisation of the nhs last year. the nhs confederation says its leaders cannot guarantee patients safety as the current strikes unfold. we ll have more on that. in our other main news today. a 97 year old former secretary at a nazi concentration camp, has been sentenced for complicity, in the killing ofjewish prisoners. surgeons perform ground breaking surgery on a two year old boy, using stem cells to correct a heart defect. it s come home to argentina.
for is safe staffing levels with the conditions. previously, on a nurses wage committee wanted to treat yourself to luxuries, you would wreck a bank shift or overtime. i find now that i m having to work bank shifts and over time just to make ends meet, and it s really difficult. what about the millions i handed to shell and bp? i you know, i just think that thatl argument of there is no money, there is no money, there is no magic money tree, is a joke. for its part, the government has offered nhs staff in england an average pay rise of 4.75% in line with an independent pay review. but that review was carried out in february, when inflation was at 6.2%. for context it s now at around 10.7%. this is the message from uk health secretary steve barclay. we are keen to talk, we re engaging with the trade unions. on pay, we have an independent process and we have accepted that in full. of course, that comes on top of the extra prioritisation of the nhs last year.
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much, ben weil, thank you. unions have formed the increasing reliance by staff on the. in england is unsustainable after research by the bbc found doctors who joined the nhs last year came from overseas. in 201a that figure was less than a fifth. the government says international recruitment has long been part of the nhs workforce strategy. i will correspondent, jim reed reports. one, two, three, four, five. a group of nurses from india is being put through training at sheffield s children s hospital. these recruits arrived in may and have tests next week. we are a little bit stressed because we are preparing for an exam. so after we ve done that, we are really happy to stay here. there are a lot of opportunities in the uk for nurses. this trust alone has already recruited 2a staff from india this year, with another a0 due to start this autumn. we give them three months