00:00 We have already given junior doctors and doctors in training pay rises of between 8.1 and 10.3% this year.
00:09 So it's already going into their salaries.
00:12 I'm pleased that we've been able to direct those pay rises on people at the very start of their careers.
00:19 So they're on the lowest salaries.
00:21 For example, a doctor in their first year of training will have seen a 10.3% rise to their salaries this year.
00:31 Meaning that their average total income is more than £40,000 once you add in overtime and antisocial hour payments and so on.
00:39 But what I want to do is find a solution to this because we've already managed to find fair and reasonable offers for consultants and for specialty doctors.
00:50 The third one now are doctors in training.
00:54 I have to admit, I was disappointed that they walked away from the negotiating table before we'd made a final offer.
01:01 But if they call off the strikes, I will get right back round that table with them and we will find, I hope, a fair and reasonable settlement to this.
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