pay and conditions. that is the public and commercial services union will stop the pcs which are striking, about 100,000 civil servants. another big strike happening on february one. 1a health unions plan to boycott the nhs pay review body for the next wage round. the unions representing more than 1 million ambulance staff, nurses and other nhs workers in england will not submit evidence to the review, which makes recommendations on wages. they are calling for direct talks with the government over pay. well in the commons the ambulance strike and the state of the national health service dominated the first prime minister s questions of the new year. and after weeks of speculation rishi sunakfinally said he has used private health care in the past, but he also said he is registered with an nhs gp. 0ur political correspondent ben wright was watching.
is that correct? choice to inflict harm on patients. is that correct? good morning, no, it s not correct is that correct? good morning, no, it s not correct at is that correct? good morning, no, it s not correct at all is that correct? good morning, no, it s not correct at all and is that correct? good morning, no, it s not correct at all and it s - it s not correct at all and it s actually quite insulting to our members, nhs workers, who get up, go to work every day and put patient safety first. they are the ones who are feeling physically prevented on are feeling physically prevented on a day to day basis from being able to do theirjobs so it s really insulting that the secretary of state has said that. they ve not taken the decision to take strike action lightly. they feel they ve been forced into this position because year after year, the government have failed to listen to them. do government have failed to listen to them. , ., government have failed to listen
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