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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

Strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS amid worst crisis since Covid, says Streeting

A hospital scene
Flu cases in hospital have jumped by 55% in a week. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

Wes Streeting has told resident doctors that strikes and a sharp rise in the number of flu cases over the Christmas period could be “the Jenga piece” that forces the NHS to collapse.

The health secretary said the NHS faced a “challenge unlike any it has seen since the pandemic” and urged resident doctors to accept the government’s offer and end their action.

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