TENS of thousands of junior doctors today began a three-day strike this morning as the NHS braced for “the most disruptive” action yet. The 72-hour walkout across England will see operations and ap…
It said there were "unacceptable" preconditions and there had been "radio silence" from the Government for months.
Junior doctors make up around 45 per cent of the NHS's medical workforce and consultants and other medics have been drafted in to provide strike cover in areas such as A&E.He said the NHS is doing "everything we can to ensure that urgent cancer procedures go ahead but, unfortunately, even some of those may be affected this week, such is the extent of the disruption that we're likely to see".
Nick Hulme, chief executive of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Ipswich and Colchester hospitals, said the trust has been looking at patient lists to ensure "those who will suffer significantly clinically, if they're not operated on in the next three days, they will come in and get their operations".
Elsewhere, Sir Julian Hartley, chief executive NHS Providers, urged the Government and BMA to start negotiations to find a resolution to the dispute.
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