Commenting on the latest announcement on Welsh junior doctor strike action, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said:
“The latest round of junior doctor strikes will devastate our Welsh NHS, because we already have the longest waits for treatment in the UK.
“In Conservative-run England, junior doctors have been offered a pay rise over double that of Labour-run Wales’ – Labour have consistently put the worst offer in the UK on the table, failing to meet the independent pay review body’s recommendation.
“The Welsh Conservatives would spend the full Barnett uplift received for health on health and would at least match the independent recommendation, the cost of which is lower than the cost of creating 36 more politicians.”
