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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Consultants’ strike to put NHS care in England ‘at a standstill’, says top doctor

An NHS hospital ward.
An NHS hospital ward. The strike will be first in series of stoppages unless 6% pay rise offer is improved. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Planned NHS hospital care in England will be “virtually at a standstill” on Thursday and Friday when consultants stage their first strike in a decade, the service’s top doctor said.

Their two-day strike over pay will cause “the most severe impact we have ever seen in the NHS as a result of industrial action”, Prof Sir Stephen Powis said on Wednesday.

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