The Prime Minister said a good deal was on the table.

Sir Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors to accept a deal to avert “reckless” strikes planned for next week, saying it is “beyond belief” that they could go ahead while the NHS is in the grip of a “super flu” outbreak.

The Prime Minister said the NHS is in its “most precarious moment” since the coronavirus pandemic as figures showed flu cases are at a record level for the time of year.

Sir Keir wrote in an op-ed for The Guardian that the strikes planned for next week “should not happen”.

“They are reckless.

“They place the NHS and patients who need it in grave danger.

“I remain hopeful they can be averted.

“A good deal is on the table, and the British Medical Association (BMA) is putting it to members this weekend.

“My messag

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