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

Fears more doctors’ strikes in England will push NHS ‘close to breaking point’

Striking junior doctors and consultants on a march around the Royal London hospital
Striking junior doctors and consultants on a march around the Royal London hospital on 20 September. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

Hospital bosses fear that further strikes by doctors will push the NHS “close to breaking point” as it struggles to cope with its winter crisis in the months ahead.

NHS leaders are concerned that medics’ plans to continue their campaign of stoppages until February will make it even harder for the service to manage what is always its toughest period.

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