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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Alex Croft

Resident doctors accused of ‘cynical attempt to wreck Christmas’ with fresh strike

Resident doctors in England will go on strike from 17 to 22 December, the British Medical Association (BMA) has announced - with the health secretary Wes Streeting describing it as a “cynical attempt to wreck Christmas”.

The five-day strike in the run-up to Christmas comes as doctors accuse the government of failing to make “sufficient progress towards a viable deal on jobs and pay”.

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