Hospitals left ‘picking up the pieces’ as junior doctors’ strike ends
Health leaders have warned that strikes “must not become the status quo” for the NHS as junior doctors in England return to work after a five-day walkout.
Experts said that patients are “bearing the brunt” of the dispute, with delays caused by the postponement of appointments leaving them in “pain or discomfort”.
It is expected that tens of thousands of appointments, procedures and operations were postponed as a result of the industrial action by members of the British Medical Association (BMA).
NHS leaders said
