Wes Streeting responds to reports in the Times that “Ministers plan to wait for public sentiment to turn against striking nurses as the toll of disruption mounts over winter”

Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to reports in The Times today, that “Ministers plan to wait for public sentiment to turn against striking nurses as the toll of disruption mounts over winter,” said:

“The Conservatives don’t have a plan to fix the NHS, so instead they’re letting strikes go ahead and blaming nurses. It is outrageous and dangerous.

“Patients need a government that is willing to negotiate an end to these strikes. The Conservatives are more interested in playing the blame game than fixing the problem. This is not a game and it is patients who will pay the price.

“If the Conservatives have given up governing, they should step aside so Labour can clear up their mess.”

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Notes

1. Reports on the front page of The Times today claimed:

‘Ministers plan to wait for public sentiment to turn against striking nurses as the toll of disruption mounts over the winter, reasoning that most families will ultimately be affected. “This is going to affect a lot of people and it could have a big impact on a lot of them and I think in the end they will get fed up with it,” a government source said.’

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/f41c79d0-6ea6-11ed-8a5b-f385de7508fe