matthew taylor from the nhs confederation, thank you for - nhs confederation, thank you for taking therter graham stachell is in wembley at the starting line. graham, what's the atmosphere like there? ata at a famous face indeed. what will happen today? what is the atmosphere like this morning? goad happen today? what is the atmosphere like this morning?— like this morning? good morning. we are inside wembley _ like this morning? good morning. we are inside wembley stadium. - like this morning? good morning. we are inside wembley stadium. i - like this morning? good morning. we are inside wembley stadium. i am . are inside wembley stadium. i am hugely— are inside wembley stadium. i am hugely honoured to be joined by the sporting _ hugely honoured to be joined by the sporting broadcasting legend jeff sterling. you have been doing these football— sterling. you have been doing these football marches for how long now? this will— football marches for how long now? this will be — football marches for how long now? this will be the 34th and i think it has been — this will be the 34th and i th

the nhs confederation said they expected to cancel more appointments and operations than ever before.t is the advice to people who might be expected to go into hospital this week? >> it's very difficult as we heard from charlie who has breast cancer. she has had her surgery, but she needs scans and follow-up appointments. certainly a couple of them have been affected by the strike. it will be affecting quite a large range of people if it continues. this industrial action by groups of doctors with no obvious sign of resolution. it could well continue for several months. rishi sunak has said that his pledge to reduce nhs waiting list is now very much in doubt and he has blamed the doctors union the british medical association, they have hit back at the prime minister saying that's a cheap shot and waiting list were rising anyway before the pandemic and certainly after it and it is wrong to blame their action. for the acrimonious state of affairs with most widespread strike by junio and senior doctors taking place on wednesday for 24 hours. >> can we talk about change to the strike rule,

the nhs confederation said today they expect to cancel more appointments and operations than ever beforeo go into hospital? it is very difficult. _ expecting to go into hospital? it is very difficult, as _ expecting to go into hospital? it 3 very difficult, as we had the from charlie, who has breast cancer. she has had her surgery but she needs scans and follow—up appointments and certainly a couple of them have been affected by the strikes. it is going to be affecting quite a large range of people if it continues, this industrial action by both groups of doctors, thejunior industrial action by both groups of doctors, the junior doctors and the more senior consultants, with no obvious sign of resolution, it could continue for several months. rishi sunak has said that his pledge to reduce nhs waiting lists is now very much in doubt. he has blamed the doctored union, the british medical association. they have hit back at the prime minister, saying it is a cheap shot on waiting lists were rising anywhere before the pandemic and certainly after it. it is wrong just to blame their action. a p

now, in response to this, matthew taylor, who is the chief executive of the nhs confederation , he hasong time and that all those staff have had quite some time to prepare for it. it does seem inevitable that patient safety will be put at risk today. he went on to say that over the coming days, we expect over 100,000 operations and appointments to be cancelled and that so far , industrial action that so far, industrial action of this nature has cost over £1 billion. now that is because, of course, this isn't the first time this has happened. this kind of strike have been going on for quite some time and it's as far as we know, it's not the last time. we already know that joint strikes between junior doctors and consultants are now scheduled for the second, third and 4th of october. after i was here yesterday speaking to some of the consultants as they took to the picket lines, one of them told me that he didn't want to be taking industrial action. he would rather be serving his patients, but in to order make sure his voice was heard , he sure his voice was heard, he felt he had no othe