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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alan Jones and William Mata

Junior doctors to strike for five days in longest walkout in NHS history

PA Wire

Thousands of junior doctors in England will stage the longest-ever single walkout in NHS history when they go on strike for five days next month in a dispute over pay and staffing.

Members of the British Medical Association union announced on Friday that they are staging a walkout from 13 to 18 July after a ballot came out in favour of further strike action.

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