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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Bawden

NHS bosses warn of ongoing disruption as X-rays and scans hit by latest strike

Members of the Society of Radiographers at a picket line outside University College London hospital.
Members of the Society of Radiographers at a picket line outside University College London hospital. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Hospital bosses have warned of significant disruption to the NHS as a result of the radiographers’ strikes and raised fears that wider industrial action in the health service could continue until the general election.

Thousands of radiographers at 37 NHS trusts in England are striking for 48 hours over pay, recruitment and retention. Members of the Society of Radiographers (SoR) rejected the government’s offer of a 5% pay rise and called for talks to reopen after other public sector workers, including junior doctors, were offered more.

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