England’s Health Crisis to Deepen Amid Latest Doctors’ Strike
- ‘Enormous’ hit to routine services in the state-run NHS
- Over half a million appointments delayed by industrial action
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England’s hospitals face major disruption this week when junior doctors begin a three-day walkout in the latest row over pay and conditions.
The strike, which starts Wednesday, “will have an enormous impact on routine care” and worsen the country’s long waiting lists, said Stephen Powis, national medical director for the National Health Service.