Health service ‘skating on thin ice’ as junior doctors stage longest NHS strike
Junior doctors in England have begun a six-day walkout.
Junior doctors in England have begun a six-day walkout.
The industrial action is a major escalation in the dispute between unions and the Government over pay.
Experts said the six-day walkout by junior doctors in England ‘couldn’t come at a worse time’.
Medics are set to walk out for six days from Wednesday.
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Junior doctors are set to strike in ‘the week that most teams dread’, a letter to the British Medical Association said.
She urged the British Medical Association to call off England’s junior doctors’ strike and get back to talks.
Training medics who are members of the British Medical Association are also preparing for the NHS’s longest-ever walkout in January.
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins warned that patients could be left ‘stranded’ over the festive period.
Junior doctors in England have begun a 72-hour walk out.
Medics are set to walk out from 7am on December 20 to 7am on December 23.
Doctors will begin a 72-hour walk out from 7am on Wednesday.