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Health Secretary Wes Streeting said NHS During “combating”. Resident doctors strikeBut admitted that he is worried about the coming days.
resident doctor went on strike on Wednesday after members of British Medical Association (BMA) rejected a fresh offer from the government.
“I think the NHS is coping,” Mr Streeting told the Observer.
“The period that worries me more is the period after the strike when we have to try to get the service back up. It now comes at a time of year which is the busiest time for the NHS.”
The resident doctor will return to work at 7 am on Monday.
On Friday, he said he wanted to end the dispute and “we will have talks with them again in the new year”, but insisted he had a responsibility to all NHS staff.
He said, “I don’t think doctors are selfish and don’t care about nurses and other health care professionals, but the BMA’s position can be quite harsh and uncompromising.”
Mr Streeting insisted sir keir starmer He has her “full support” and laughed off suggestions he has discussed a deal with the former deputy prime minister angela rainer About the challenge of leadership.
“I’ve been reading some things lately and thinking that this has nothing to do with reality,” he said.
“The more closely I look at that job and the pressures on Kier and the demands of that job, the more I wonder why anyone would want it.”
After seeing a £26bn rise in taxes in the November Budget, Mr Streeting admitted he was “really uncomfortable with the level of taxation” and that leaving the EU had dealt a “huge economic blow” to the country.
“The best way to get more growth in our economy is through a deeper trading relationship with the EU,” he said, though he argued that no such partnership could return freedom of movement.