Mar 1, 2024
Thousands more appointments hit by doctor strike
More than 91,000 NHS appointments had to be rescheduled due to this week's junior doctor strike in England. More than 1.4 million operations and appointments in total have been cancelled due to strike action by health workers including doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals since December 2022. Junior doctors have so far taken 39 days of strike action during this dispute. Nearly half of NHS doctors are junior doctors - a group spanning recent graduates to some who have 10 years or more experience - and two-thirds are members of the BMA. NHS Confederation, which represents healthcare employers, said it was patients who "Bear the brunt" of the dispute. Earlier, the BMA rejected a pay offer for specialist, associate specialist and specialty doctors in England - very experienced doctors who are more senior that junior doctors, but who are not consultants.
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