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

NHS bosses say resident doctors’ strike will cause ‘maximum harm’

Resident doctors hold BMA placards during a picket outside St Thomas hospital on 17 December
BMA resident doctors’ strike on 17 December outside St Thomas' hospital in London. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

NHS bosses have accused resident doctors of seeking to cause “maximum harm” to patients by striking for six days next month over pay and jobs.

Wes Streeting has given resident – formerly junior – doctors in England until 2 April to reconsider their rejection on Wednesday of his “generous” offer to end the dispute. It would have given them £700m in extra pay over the next three years.

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