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It is the longest doctors’ strike in the history of the NHS.

Members of the British Medical Association BMA and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA are taking part in the strike action

Doctors are mounting picket lines outside hospitals from 7am today until Saturday morning in the longest stoppage of the wave of unrest, which has seen other NHS workers take action since last year

Up to a quarter of a million appointments could be postponed in the longest stoppage of the wave of unrest in the UK.

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Dr Mike Greenhalgh, trauma and orthopaedic surgery registrar, reveals the strain our medics are under - and says he is going on strike because 'enough is enough'

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Four days of industrial action begins as worsening dispute over pay threatens huge disruption to NHS

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Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the government to warn of a risk to patient safety.