Junior doctors stage first all-out strike

Junior doctors stage first all-out strike The first all-out doctors' strike in the NHS's history has begun in England.

Thousands of junior doctors walked out of both routine and emergency care at 08:00 BST in protest at the imposition of a new contract from the summer.

It is the first time services such as A&E, maternity and intensive care have been hit in the long-running dispute.

NHS bosses believe plans are in place to ensure safety, but say the situation will be monitored closely during the stoppage which ends at 17:00 BST. BBC News

See also:

• Statement to Parliament: NHS 7 day services and the junior doctors' strike Department of Health
• Junior doctors' leaders 'trying to topple the government' BBC News
• VIDEO: Why are junior doctors on strike? BBC News
• Are all-out strike days actually going to be safer? BBC News
• Patients face summer of chaos: As 45,000 junior doctors launch an all-out strike today and threaten indefinite action, ambulance staff also plan a walkout The Daily Mail
• Junior doctors begin first all-out strike in NHS history The Daily Telegraph
• Junior doctors' strike: the BMA cares about pay – not patients The Daily Telegraph
• As junior doctors strike, BMA tells them it's not their fault if people die The Daily Telegraph
• Junior doctors cannot dictate health policy The Daily Telegraph
• Junior doctors strike: Top surgeon would 'not countenance' walking out on emergency patients The Daily Telegraph
• BMA rejects Jeremy Hunt bid for talks to avert all-out junior doctor strike GP Online
• Where the newspapers stand on the junior doctors' strike The Guardian
• Medical chiefs urge David Cameron to avert junior doctor strikes The Guardian
• Jeremy Hunt could have stopped this doctors’ strike. But he wanted it | Polly Toynbee The Guardian
• Hospitals braced for walkout as Hunt says doctors' strike must be defeated The Guardian
• NHS doctor: why I won’t be withholding emergency care The Guardian
• Consultants and locums called into A&E for junior doctors' strike The Guardian
• Junior doctor resigns live on ITV ahead of strike over Jeremy Hunt's contract video The Guardian
• Junior doctors: 'over half could quit NHS England over Hunt's contract' The Guardian
• Jeremy Hunt: history will judge me on delivering seven-day NHS The Guardian
• Junior doctors' strike: Hospitals braced for first A&E walkout in NHS's 68-year history The Independent
• Junior doctors accused of trying to use all-out strike to topple the Government and Jeremy Hunt The Independent
• Junior doctors' strike: Patients deserve better, from doctors and Government The Independent
• Doctors set to for all-out strike as accusations fly OnMedica