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

Junior doctors’ strike threatens patient safety, say NHS hospital bosses

Junior doctors at a BMA rally in London in January.
Junior doctors at a BMA rally in London in January. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Next week’s three-day strike by junior doctors in England will threaten patients’ safety and exacerbate the NHS’s staffing crisis, hospital bosses warned.

They aired their fears hours after last-ditch talks between the British Medical Association (BMA) and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on Friday night failed to avert the stoppage, which will start on Monday and continue until Wednesday and cause massive disruption.

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