NHS England Head Warns of Worst Strike Yet for Patients

Junior doctors and consultants will strike for a combined seven days and this will bring a "different level of challenge" than previous strikes.

Pritchard said the work of consultants cannot be covered "in the same way" as junior doctors and the hard truth is that patients are paying the price for the fact that all sides have not yet managed to reach a resolution.

She called for the industrial action to be brought to an end as soon as possible, saying it cannot become "business as usual in the NHS".

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