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The Standard View: The only alternative to NHS negotiations is more disruption and cancelled operations

Nurses and ambulance staff are walking out today in what the NHS is calling the largest round of industrial action in its history. And the impact on patient care is unavoidable.

Emergency cover — for those in intensive care or urgent cancer care — will continue to be provided. But NHS Providers, which represents trusts, has urged the public to use emergency services “wisely” as it warns that the whole service was approaching “crunch point”.

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