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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

Why are junior doctors striking and how will the NHS cope?

PA Wire

Some 50,000 junior doctors in England have downed their stethoscopes and picked up placards as they stage a four-day walkout in the bitter dispute with the government over pay.

Here, the PA news agency answers some of the key questions on the strike action.

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