Longest strike in NHS history leads to more than 113,000 cancellations
Patients are “bearing the brunt of industrial action”, health experts have said, as it emerged more than 113,000 operations, appointments and procedures were postponed due to the longest walkout in the history of the NHS.
Junior doctors in England staged a six-day walkout from January 3 to January 9.
NHS England figures show the strike led to 113,779 inpatient and outpatient appointments being rescheduled.
These figures are a stark reminder that is patients who are bearing the brunt of the industrial action, with their appointments cancelled or rescheduled
