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    Junior doctors in England announce longest strike in NHS history as pay talks break down

    by Lydia Chantler-Hicks Dec 05, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Junior doctors in England are to stage more strikes in December and January after talks between the Government and British Medical Association (BMA) broke down.

    Junior doctors will walk out for nine days in total - from 7am on December 20 to 7am on December 23, and from 7am on January 3 to 7am on January 9 - the BMA announced on Tuesday.

    The strike in January is six full days – thought to be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service, the union said.

    Ministers and representatives from the BMA have

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