Gone 12 00. Your top stories from the newsroom. The health from the newsroom. The Health Secretary says the latest four day strike by Junior Doctors , day strike by Junior Doctors, which starts today, serves only to harm patients. Its the fifth time theyve staged a walkout this year in an ongoing dispute over pay. According to the nhs , over pay. According to the nhs, almost 835,000 appointments have been postponed since industrial action began in december. Been postponed since industrial action began in december. The action began in december. The British Medical Association says its been left with no choice. Its been left with no choice. Former nhs trust chairman roy lilly told gb news the strikes could continue up until christmas. Christmas. Well, if there are no more talks , the Junior Doctors are talks, the Junior Doctors are balloting to extend their strike action if their current mandate runs out at the end of this month. If they bar it again and the answer is yes, then well see strikes right through the winter up until christmas. And winter up until christmas. And its just horrendous. Its doing huge damage to the nhs. Its huge damage to the nhs. Its adding to waiting lists and of course theres a whole load of people that are the sort of invisible Collateral Damage to this. This. Chief secretary to the treasury john glen insists that the 6 uplift, given to Junior Doctors is fair and says the government Wont Take Part in any more talks. Any more talks. What we cannot have is an inflationary pay increase before we break for the recess, we settled all the pay disputes based on the pay review bodies and for example, the teachers accepted the pay review body recommendation as the government did, and are not no longer striking. So i regret very much that the doctors have chosen to strike again. I totally recognise that this has a negative impact on patients experience. Experience. 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That means one person in every three households in england is now waiting for treatment. Treatment. Now the British Medical Association is continuing to hold out for a 35 pay rise for its members , arguing the its members, arguing the governments current offer of 6 does not address a decades worth of subs inflation pay awards. Yes , Health Secretary steve yes, Health SecretarySteve Barclay has given his reaction to the latest round of Junior Doctors strikes. Lets have a look at what he had to say. Of course, i stand ready to have discussions with Junior Doctors in terms of other issues about their working conditions, but in terms of pay, weve made a fair and final offer. Weve accepted in full the recommendations of the independent pay review body process , and that is why the bma process, and that is why the bma should now call off their strikes. Strikes. Lets go straight to saint thomass hospital in london and speak to gb news Political Correspondent catherine forster. Good afternoon , catherine. The good afternoon, catherine. The fifth round of strikes then for Junior Doctors and it sounds like from what the Health Secretary is saying, he is not going to be persuaded to move at all on this. All on this. Yes, the government are still taking a very firm line indeed on this. When they announced a few weeks ago that they were accepting the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies , they said then that this bodies, they said then that this was their final and only offer take it or leave it. But it looks very much like Junior Doctors are going to leave it. Doctors are going to leave it. Theyre going to be given that pay theyre going to be given that pay rise anyway, but they will next ballot for another six months of industrial action taken at the end of this month, which could see strikes then potentially going through the whole of the winter. And of course, this is massively damaging , course, this is massively damaging, not just for. Course, this is massively damaging, not just for. The damaging, not just for. The almost a Million People now that have appointments rescheduled or cancelled led by the industrial action, ian, but also for the nhs, its hugely expensive. Nhs, its hugely expensive. Theyre saying now that its cost already about £1 billion because of course when juniors and doctors are striking they have to get consultants to coven have to get consultants to cover. They are much more expensive. And also of course consultants are also going to be striking later this month and indeedin striking later this month and indeed in september. And there are real concerns about Patient Safety because, of course, were in the middle of the summer holidays, arent we. 7 people in the middle of the summer holidays, arent we . People are away taking their summer breaks. So getting doctors to cover is ever more difficult. But i was ever more difficult. But i was talking to a Junior Doctor spokesman just a little bit before we came on air. The picket line was here this morning and he was saying, well , it would have only cost the government £1 billion to implement it. What they were asking, which is this 35 pay rise, of course , that would only rise, of course, that would only be for one year if the government were to do that, that would be a billion every year. And certainly i dont think theres any chance of the Junior Doctors getting anything like that. But at the moment, doctors getting anything like that. But at the moment , the that. But at the moment, the Junior Doctors are not budging and the government is not budging. And meanwhile , patients budging. And meanwhile, patients are stuck in the middle. Well, are stuck in the middle. Well, catherine, do we have an idea of where Public Opinion is on this . Because initially the public were in support of the nhs strikes insofar as as they believed they were not paid enough, has that. Changed enough, has that. Changed there still seems to be a lot of support for Junior Doctors , of support for Junior Doctors, but of course they are having this well, its an average of 6 that the government are giving them , plus a £1,250 consolidated them, plus a £1,250 consolidated payment to. Now the government payment to. Now the government is saying thats an average of 8. 8 and that the very new qualified doctors will be getting 10. Now, thats massively more than most other pubuc massively more than most other Public Sector workers and indeed most private sector workers. So a lot of people will think, hey , thats a really good deal. Id be happy with that. But of course , these are the people who course, these are the people who keep us safe. These are the keep us safe. These are the people who look after us when we are in life or death situations, when we are at our most vulnerable. So there certainly vulnerable. So there certainly still is public support, but but whether that will start to dwindle , well, if the doctors dwindle, well, if the doctors reballot and say, yes, were going to carry on striking right through to next year, it will be interesting to see if the support will start to dwindle. Then catherine, thank you very much. Lets get the thoughts of Junior DoctorBhasha Mukherjee who joins us in the studio. Good to see you. Is this something to see you. Is this something that youre worried about, the dwindling support from the public . Because we could be seeing this is the warning, total number of appointments cancelled now due to your. Cancelled now due to your. Action partly 1 million appointments. Thats a huge number. Does that keep you awake at night . At night . So i want to say that the pubuc so i want to say that the public dont have all the information. Actually, they information. Actually, they should be supporting the strike because the strike will equal to more retention of doctors , which more retention of doctors, which means theyll actually be seeing better care. Theyll be Better Health care. Theyll be waiting less, theyll be seeing their gp earlier. And overall, their gp earlier. And overall, the health care system, were trying to make make it better for the patients as well. Right now, for me and colleagues, now, for me and my colleagues, were double amount were working double the amount of that we would have had of work that we would have had to years ago, and thats to do ten years ago, and thats because losing 10,000 because were losing 10,000 doctors were having doctors a year. So were having to for their role. So to fill in for their role. So were doing peoples work in were doing two peoples work in one so its only fair that one go. So its only fair that we get compensated for the for the work. The work. Basha you say that the public dont have all the information , dont have all the information, but it seems like theyre receiving a lot of receiving quite a lot of misinformation from the bma. I must say. There have been placards that have highlighted what they say is a fact that Junior Doctors are on £14 an houn Junior Doctors are on £14 an hour, the equivalent of someone working for pret , but the working for pret, but the average Junior Doctor is certainly not on that amount thatis certainly not on that amount that is a first year of training that is a first year of training that they may earn that much and thats if they dont do any overtime or do any holiday work. And more likely to be and its more likely to be between 20 and £30 an hour. Do you think the bma loses a bit of trust there with the public by putting forward. Putting forward. The senior support . Im having to do the job of senior members of staff essentially. And even if we were essentially. And even if we were to talk about the junior most staff youve got to understand that we dont get any sort of, you know, a little leeway into the job. You get thrust straight into the job doing of the into the job doing some of the most demanding things, including seeing , doing cpr on seeing death, doing cpr on patients. Its very strenuous. And as i say, the things are getting worse in terms of how much is expected of doctors compared to what it was ten years ago. And thats because of losing doctors. And if you are talking about numbers, last time i the show that im not i said on the show that im not a person. You did at a numbers person. You did at this time, im actually not going to make mistake going to make that mistake because i have got numbers actually. If youre saying that doctors are important and doctors are important and doctors , okay, doctors are saving lives, okay, well, whos getting in well, lets see whos getting in the way of doctors getting paid, how were getting paid in how much were getting paid in terms budget is terms of where the budget is being we spent almost being spent. We spent almost over £100,000, £100,000, £100 million. This year on the coronation. And so, you know, the king charles is getting another pay rise in 2025, and he doesnt even pay taxes. Thats a bit whataboutery isnt it . Because its also a headune isnt it . Because its also a headline today that these strikes have cost the nhs or cost us £1 billion already. That could have gone towards more treatment , could have gone towards more treatment, more diagnoses, more doctors. Even. So, arent you doctors. Even. So, arent you sabotaging the nhs at this point . Well, isnt that a good reason to actually stop this negotiations and actually give us what were asking for . But it is it is always sounds when you hear this 35 figure. I appreciate it about the decline in pay over the last few years, but it still sounds so huge and so unrealistic. Why is huge and so unrealistic. Why is it that Junior Doctors in scotland can come to an agreement of 12. 4 . Could you not agreement of 12. 4 . Could you not agree to Something Like that if the government got round the table with you . We havent been offered that much. Would you, if you were offered 12. 4 around that figure . I dont think. Would that be because its pay would that be because its pay restoration . Its not a pay rise. So were making up for 20, 26 loss over the last nine years, and thats to make, you know, the difference up. And but 12. 4 would still be a decent rise compared to compare to what youre on now. Why why is Junior Doctors in scotland agreed to that . Why wouldnt you agree to what is not far off a Half Way Point . Not far off a Half Way Point . Well, i think its not just a case of why wouldnt i agree . Its the case of feeling valued for my for my work and not just about, oh, i want my pay rise. About, oh, i want my pay rise. Its about making it worthwhile for me to carry on working in a situation in an nhs which is constantly underfunded. As i mentioned , were having to do mentioned, were having to do the work of two three doctors because of the loss of doctors. So were having to put in double the amount of work. Basha, a representative from the said today that, you the bma, said today that, you know, if they accepted a deal from scotland in scotland, but they wouldnt accept one from they wouldnt accept one