Tories urge doctors to end disruptive strike

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Thousands of resident doctors have launched a five-day strike across England after pay talks collapsed. Shadow development minister Dame Harriet Baldwin said the proposed pay rise is acceptable and urged doctors to stop patients from suffering, calling for talks over issues rather than disruptive industrial action. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00They got an over 20% rise last year. They're being offered 5.4% this year. And as you know,

00:06that's more than most of your viewers will be receiving this year. It's an offer that's been

00:12set by the independent pay review body. And this is on top of the pension schemes and the other

00:20benefits that junior doctors get or resident doctors get. What I don't want to see is patients

00:26suffering because the doctors have gone on strike. And I'm afraid that is what's happening.

00:31Let's have discussions about these issues rather than the doctors going on strike.

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