It will be the first time in this dispute they have walked out together and comes after junior doctors voted in favour of continuing with strikes.
In the British Medical Association (BMA) ballot, 98% voted in favour which gave the union a new six-month mandate.
Ministers called the co-ordination of strikes "callous and calculated". BBC News
See also:
- Doctors in England announce four days of joint strikes this autumn as juniors vote for six more months of industrial action BMA
- Joint junior doctor and consultant strikes the nightmare scenario NHS leaders have long feared NHS Confederation
- Joint industrial action announced by the BMA NHS Employers
- Almost 3,000 London NHS workers set to strike BBC News
- Junior doctors and consultants in England to strike together for first time in NHS history Channel 4 News
- More NHS strike misery on the way: Both junior doctors and consultants will hold four days of united industrial action from September The Daily Mail
- Junior and senior doctors in England to strike together for first time in NHS history The Guardian
- Junior doctors and consultants to strike together for first time in NHS history The Independent
- Junior doctors and consultants to go on first ever joint-strike ITV News
- Junior doctors and consultants to go on joint strike for first time in NHS history Sky News
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