Junior doctors’ union hints at end to NHS strikes saga
by Kate Devlin and Andy Gregory
Jan 03, 2024
4 minutes
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Doctors’ leaders hinted at an end to a damaging series of NHS walkouts on Wednesday as junior medics began the longest-ever strike in the history of the health service. The number of operations and appointments axed because of the action is expected to top a million this week, and comes on the heels of more than a year of disputes involving nurses and consultants.
But the union representing junior doctors signalled a softening in its position at the start of six days of industrial action, as NHS bosses called for “light at the end of the tunnel”.
Vivek Trivedi,
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