Junior doctors' strike led to 175,000 cancellations

Over 175,000 diligent appointments and procedures had to beryllium cancelled successful England erstwhile inferior doctors went connected onslaught this week, figures reveal.

That makes it the astir disruptive NHS onslaught yet this winter.

Tens of thousands of medics took portion successful the 72-hour walkout, which began connected Monday, with much elder infirmary colleagues asked to cover.

Emergency attraction was inactive provided but galore planned non-urgent treatments were rescheduled.

NHS England aesculapian manager Prof Sir Stephen Powis, said: "Despite the immense efforts that NHS unit made to support patients harmless and minimise disruption, this onslaught was connected an unprecedented standard and had a greater interaction than each the different concern enactment we person seen truthful acold this wintertime combined.

"Over 175,000 appointments and procedures were rescheduled to support emergency, captious and urgent attraction for patients, which volition inevitably interaction connected efforts to tackle the Covid backlog."

Nurses, ambulance workers and physios person besides staged strikes this winter, but person present paused enactment portion they see a pay connection from government.

Doctors' leaders and ministers are being urged to commencement ceremonial wage talks aft the breakthrough connected a woody with different NHS unit successful England.

The inferior doctors' wage quality is acold from resolved, with the BMA calling for a 35% wage rise, which it argues volition reverse 15 years of cuts.