The PM blames striking workers for rising NHS waiting lists
Labour's Wes Streeting also disputed the prime minister's explanation, tweeting:"Now we know why Rishi Sunak refuses to negotiate with NHS staff. He wants the strikes to go ahead, so he can blame doctors and nurses for his failure.""But let's be clear, junior doctors & nurses striking for fair & decent pay isn't the cause of our NHS in crisis - it's the symptom of 13 years of Tory Govt underfunding, understaffing & undervaluing it.
More than half a million hospital appointments have been cancelled due to the wave of NHS strike action which began in December, involving nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and doctors.This follows the longest period of industrial action in the history of the NHS by junior doctors, which lasted five days from last Thursday to Tuesday morning.
"On this crucial issue, while his MPs are back on the picket lines, yet again on this issue he simply refuses to take a position," he said. However Mr Sunak was then reprimanded by the Speaker of the House, who reminded him the prime minister is the one who should be answering questions.
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