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

NHS bosses fear fresh strikes in England as resident doctors seek 29% pay rise

Strikers holding placards saying 'Pay restoration for doctors'
Junior doctors take part in a rally outside Downing Street during strike action in June last year. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

Hospitals are bracing for a fresh round of strikes by resident doctors seeking a 29% pay rise, amid warnings that stoppages could lead to hundreds of thousands of appointments and operations being cancelled.

NHS leaders fear that a ballot of resident doctors, formerly junior doctors in England, which closes on Monday will produce a majority backing renewed industrial action.

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