"There is no need for these strikes to go ahead this week, and it reveals the BMA's shocking disregard for patient safety and for other NHS staff. These strikes are self-indulgent, irresponsible and dangerous. The government's offer would have halved competition for jobs and put more money in resident doctors' pockets, but the BMA has again rejected it because it doesn't meet their ask of a further 26% pay rise."
"Resident doctors have already had a 28.9% pay rise - there is no justification for striking just because this fantasy demand has not been met. I am appealing to ordinary resident doctors to go to work this week. There is a different magnitude of risk in striking at this moment. Abandoning your patients in their hour of greatest need goes against everything a career in medicine is meant to be about."
The BMA confirmed planned doctors' strikes will go ahead amid an aggressive strain of influenza across the UK. NHS England warned of a "worst case scenario" after flu cases rose more than 55% in seven days. The Health Secretary accused the BMA of choosing Christmas for maximum impact and described the strikes as risking patient safety and NHS staff wellbeing. The government says its offer would reduce job competition and increase resident pay, but the BMA rejected it while seeking a further 26% rise. Officials urged doctors to work and highlighted vaccination efforts and preparations for coming disruption.
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