"I think the NHS is coping. The period that worries me more is the post-strike period when we have to try and recover the service. That now falls at a time of year which is the NHS's busiest. I don't think that doctors are selfish and don't care about nurses and other healthcare professionals, but the BMA's position can be quite hardline and uncompromising."
"any economic partnership that UK has with the EU can't lead to a return to freedom of movement leaving open the door to a potential customs union."
The NHS managed operations during a five-day strike by resident doctors, but recovery concerns remain as the post-strike period coincides with the busiest seasonal demand and rising flu cases. An offer to doctors proposed more training places without additional pay and was rejected, intensifying industrial tensions. Union leaders described the approach to striking workers as unacceptable. A senior cabinet minister signalled pro-EU economic views, advocating deeper partnership with the EU while ruling out a return to freedom of movement and leaving open the possibility of closer customs arrangements.
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