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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Harrison Galliven

Doctors’ strike to cause major delays at south-west London hospitals

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Hospitals across South West London are bracing for disruption this week as resident doctors begin a five-day strike on Friday.

The week-long strike action by British Medical Association (BMA) members comes as the NHS faces one of its busiest summers in recent years, with a spike in emergency admissions driven by heatwaves and increasingly complex patient needs.

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