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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil and Ella Pickover

London hospitals battling to 'protect patients', says Wes Streeting as doctors accused of timing strike to cause havoc

Hospitals in London are striving to protect patients, says Health Secretary Wes Streeting as he condemned doctors for going on strike.

Health bosses and other NHS staff are seeking to limit the number of operations, other treatments and appointments that they are forced to postpone due to the walkout by resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors.

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