Junior doctors in England to strike for 72 hours in March

Junior doctors in England to strike for 72 hours in March Hundreds of thousands of operations and medical appointments will be cancelled in England next month and progress in tackling the huge care backlog will be derailed as the NHS prepares to face the most widespread industrial action in its history.

Junior doctors are poised to join nurses and ambulance workers in mass continuous walkouts in March after members of the British Medical Association (BMA) voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action. The Guardian

 

See also: 

• Junior doctors vote yes to industrial action BMA
• Industrial action NHS Employers
• Supplementary FAQs on support during strike action of junior doctors NHS Employers
• Juniors doctors vote for strikes in England BBC News
• Junior doctors set for three-day walkout as huge majority back strikes GPonline
• Junior doctors vote by 98% for unprecedented strike that will hit every hospital The Independent
• Junior doctors’ strike: Why are they taking action and what are their demands? The Independent
• NHS staff met with ‘wall of silence’ says union as pay dispute widens in England Nursing in Practice