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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Indlieb Farazi Saber

NHS strikes: What ails UK health service? Doctors’ protests or budget cuts?

Doctors say the raises in their salaries have not been keeping up with high inflation amid a cost of living crisis in the UK [File: Justin Tallis/AFP]

London, United Kingdom – Thousands of doctors across England have started a three-day strike for the eighth time since March, demanding better pay and working conditions.

Consultants and junior doctors – who form 80 percent of hospital doctors – began the 72-hour strike at 7am (06:00 GMT) on Monday, as the ruling Conservative Party convened for its annual meeting in Manchester.

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