Wes Streeting has said "we are doing everything we can to minimise" patient harm as thousands of doctors go on strike over pay.A five-day walkout by resident doctors in England is under way, with members of the British Medical Association (BMA) manning picket lines across the country.The Health Secretary condemned the strike as "reckless" and said the Government would not allow the BMA to "hold the country to ransom".

Wes Streeting has said "we are doing everything we can to minimise" patient harm as thousands of doctors go on strike over pay.A five-day walkout by resident doctors in England is under way, with members of the British Medical Association (BMA) manning picket lines across the country.The Health Secretary condemned the strike as "reckless" and said the Government would not allow the BMA to "hold the country to ransom".