Steve Barclay warns 999 under 'severe pressure' as he blames unions for 'inflicting harm on patients' 🔴 The Health Secretary has accused trade unions of making a ‘conscious decision’ to ‘inflict harm’ on patients by striking
Union leaders criticised the Government for failing to discuss the pay dispute at the negotiating table.
“We’re investing in the NHS, we’re investing in social care, and I don’t want to divert money from those essential services focused on patients to overturn what has been an independent process which has looked at what is affordable to the economy, what is affordable to your viewers at a time of cost-of-living pressure, but also recognising the system is under very severe pressure and we need to get that extra investment into the NHS and into social care.
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