Wes Streeting responds to news of A&E departments closing due to strikes

Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, responding to news of A&E departments closing due to strikes, said:

“The prospect of A&E departments closing thanks to Rishi Sunak’s failure to end NHS strikes will send shivers down patients’ spines.

“The Conservatives must now stop playing politics with our NHS, get around the table with junior doctors, and negotiate an end to these strikes.”

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Cheltenham A&E department is closing or restricting treatment over Christmas and New Year due to junior doctors' strikes | UK News | Sky News