Patients are warned to expect severe disruption as NHS senior doctors prepare for a 48-hour strike in England.
Patients can expect severe disruption to services as senior hospital doctors in England prepare to strike for 48 hours, from 07:00 Thursday, over pay, NHS England warns.Consultants will stop seeing many patients and will not be around to supervise the work of junior doctors.
On the strike days, people should use 999 in life-threatening emergencies and NHS 111 online for other health concerns. GP services and pharmacies can also be accessed in the normal way.Radiographers, who scan patients, plan to strike for 48 hours in some parts of England from 08:00 on 25 July., consultants are not asking for full pay restoration in one go. Instead, they want the government to start giving pay rises that at least match inflation, currently just above 11%.
Dr Vishal Sharma, who chairs the BMA consultants committee, said the strikes were "a last resort" and the union had "been left with no choice". "Patient safety is an absolute priority for consultants, which is why we gave six weeks' notice of these strike dates." "It is not too late to avoid the damage that this would do to patients and to the wider health service."
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