Patients' groups criticise five-day junior doctors strike

Patients' groups criticise five-day junior doctors strike

Patients Association and National Voices call on two sides to restart talks as Theresa May accuses BMA of ‘playing politics’

Patients’ organisations have joined some NHS employers in condemning the five-day strike planned by junior doctors, calling for both sides to restart negotiations.

The Patients Association’s chief executive, Katherine Murphy, said it was “gravely troubled” at the “catastrophic impact this will have on so many patients and their families” as winter approaches.
Guardian

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