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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Ella Pickover

NHS lessens impact of doctors’ strike as fewer take to picket lines

The five-day strike by resident doctors in England finished at 7am on Wednesday (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

Fewer patients were affected by the five-day walkout by resident doctors compared with previous strikes, officials have said.

Hospitals were ordered to press ahead with as much pre-planned care as possible during the walkout across England, which ended at 7am on Wednesday.

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