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

Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail

Resident doctors and supporters holding orange placards
Resident doctors and supporters outside Bristol Royal Infirmary on the first day of a five-day strike last December. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

The NHS in England is bracing for the longest strike yet by resident doctors after last-ditch talks failed, prompting Wes Streeting to accuse the medics of suffering from “delusion”.

Many thousands of resident – formerly junior – doctors will stage a six-day stoppage over pay and jobs starting at 7am on Tuesday, just after the Easter weekend. A deadline for agreement ended on Thursday.

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