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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
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Doctors in England begin a 3-day strike over pay at busy time of the year in National Health Service

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Doctors in the early stages of their careers in England started a 72-hour strike Wednesday in their long-running dispute with the British government over pay levels.

Patients in Britain's state-owned National Health Service have been warned that there will be “significant disruption," with thousands of appointments and procedures postponed or even canceled. The strike began at 7 a.m. and will run until Saturday morning.

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