"People are dying unnecessarily": Consultants and junior doctors to stage first joint walkout in NHS history
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor the first time in the history of the NHS, hospital doctors of every grade are going on strike at the same time. With only Christmas Day-levels of staff, only the most urgent and emergency cases will be prioritised.
NHS leaders have expressed their fears that the first joint walkout 'is likely to cause disruption to patient care unlike anything we’ve seen before'.
Doctors at the helm of striking unions have agreed, saying patients will be 'caught in the middle' yet again, but insist that pay and conditions in the NHS must improve if the service is to survive.
Manchester Evening News readers have now had their say, responding on social media to our coverage of the upcoming coordinated strike day, which will hit at 7am tomorrow (September 20).
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