on the city of kramatorsk. in his latest television interview, prince harry reveals that he felt guilty for being unable to show any emotion in public after the death of his mother. hello. welcome. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. a health service in urgent need of care itself claims hundreds are dying each week because of delays means this is perhaps the most pressing issue for the prime minister. the first question for rishi sunak, is this a crisis? the nhs is undeniably under enormous pressure. until now his government has said it won t talk to nursing unions directly about pay. that is done by a pay body. now he says a discussion can happen, though onl
hello and welcome. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk to the royal college of nursing union about pay but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. we want to have a reasonable, honest two way conversation about pay and everything else that is relevant. you do want to have a conversation about pay? because up until now. well, that s different. that s always been the case. the door has always been open to talk about things that the nurses want to talk about and the unions want to talk about more generally, which is why actually we just wrote to all the unions from across the public sector inviting them into the talks. inviting them in for talks. and those talks are happening in many sectors on monday, which is great. and when it comes to pay, we have always said we want to talk about things that are reason
and all the members of the review body value their independence. it can only work if it s independent, of course. but how does it decide? well, it looks at comparability with other professions, looks at the rate of inflation, it looks at retention, it looks at recruitment, all those sorts of things, motivation. so it looks at the full range of issues that are related to pay. 50 looks at the full range of issues that are related to pay.- that are related to pay. so it is lookin: that are related to pay. so it is looking at. that are related to pay. so it is looking at. you that are related to pay. so it is looking at. you talk - that are related to pay. so it is looking at. you talk about. that are related to pay. so it is looking at. you talk about it | looking at. you talk about it looking at. you talk about it looking at. you talk about it looking at inflation, and we will go into that in a moment. in terms of its independence, who pays for it and decides who is on it? so there i
through this winter, but we need fundamental change in the nhs to deal with what is the biggest crisis in its history, and that is what labour is looking to do. as long as the government won t talk about giving health workers any more pay now, saying the state of public finances doesn t allow it and the need to control inflation is vital, then more strikes are coming. ambulance staff this week, nurses and maybe doctors after that. review body, jerry cope. in the last hour i spoke to the former chair of the nhs pay review body, jerry cope. he began by assuring me the body is independent and how the review is carried out. it is fiercely independent. and all the members of the review body value their independence. it can only work if it s independent, of course. but how does it decide? well, it looks at comparability with other professions, looks at the rate of inflation, it looks at retention, it looks at recruitment, all those