A director at the NHS said he had 'never seen this kind of industrial action in its history'
Junior doctors and consultants are will strike over four days from Tuesday to Friday as part of the industrial action. Planned care is likely to come to a halt and thousands of appointments have been cancelled as the row with the Government over pay and working conditions continues.
He added: "This week’s first ever joint action means almost all planned care will come to a stop and hundreds of thousands of appointments will be postponed, which is incredibly difficult for patients and their families, and poses an enormous challenge for colleagues across the NHS."Figures released earlier this month showed the NHS waiting list in England reached a new record high with 7.7 million people – around one in seven – waiting for treatment.
She added: “We need this dispute to be resolved, and fast, but there is a deep and growing frustration among trust leaders at the sheer lack of action to even start to break this deadlock. We cannot allow strikes to become business as usual for the NHS. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said: “We’ve already seen 900,000 appointments cancelled as a result of strikes and the co-ordinated action next week will create further disruption for patients and fellow NHS staff.
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