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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

Junior doctors in England to start 5-day strike – as health boss warns NHS will lose £100m

PA Wire

NHS health chiefs say they are “fed up” with the “permanent crisis” of strikes and warn this week’s junior doctors’ walkout will cost the NHS well over £100 million.

Health bosses are “frustrated” at the ongoing industrial action and say hospitals are struggling to get staff to cover shifts, while tens of thousands of appointments and surgeries will be cancelled each day.

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