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Doctors furious after health officials express concern for patients during next week's strike action
‘No-one understands better than us that patients are getting a substandard experience from an overstretched and understaffed NHS,’ BMA says
Striking NHS junior doctors on the picket line outside Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham

DOCTORS responded furiously today after health officials expressed “deep concern” about patient care provision during four days of strike action next week.

Junior doctors, who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA), are set to strike from 6.59am on Tuesday to 6.59am on Saturday next week.

NHS managers have raised concerns about emergency cover and the effect on operating lists, saying the strike could be worse than previous junior doctors’ strikes because many consultants who stepped in then are on holiday over Easter week.

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