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

NHS bosses fear fresh resident doctors’ strikes could embolden other staff

A doctor on the picket line outside St Thomas' hospital, London, last year
A doctor on the picket line outside St Thomas' hospital, London, last year. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

A looming fresh wave of strikes by resident doctors could encourage other NHS staff including nurses to take industrial action over pay, health service bosses fear.

Resident doctors, formerly junior doctors, in England are threatening to stage stoppages until January in pursuit of their demand for a 29% pay rise, after 90% voted in favour in a ballot on a 55% turnout.

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