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'We'll strike every month until next spring if we have to' - hundreds of doctors take to the streets of Manchester

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The war within the NHS wears on, as strikes pass the sixth month mark. Paramedics, nurses, physiotherapists, hospital staff have all walked out over the course of the last year.

But while many among that list were encouraged to accept a pay deal offered by the government, leading to a fragile suspension of strikes, it is doctors who are continuing industrial action.

Today, chants rang out across the city centre as doctors from across the north west gathered outside the Manchester Central Convention Centre to rally behind their campaign - not for a pay rise, they claim, but for a ‘pay restoration’.

The doctors chose the day to challenge Health Secretary, Steve Barclary, who was expected to be inside the centre giving a speech to NHS leaders at the same time. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Junior doctors, in their thousands, have now staged multiple rounds of strike action.

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