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NHS consultants will strike in November over pay and hours, threatening patient care during the critical winter period.
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NHS consultants to go on two-day strike in England in November
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Industrial action by senior doctors to begin on 25 November with only emergency cover provided, BMA saysEngland’s most senior hospital doctors will strike next month in a dispute over their pay and hours, prompting NHS bosses to warn that patients will suffer “pain, discomfort and inconvenience”.Consultant doctors, who earn an average of £152,000 a year inclusive of overtime and merit awards, will stage a two-day walkout on 25 and 26 November, as hospitals gear up for the extra pressures winter brings. Continue reading...
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