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Thousands of doctors in England on strike
Updated On: 28 June, 2024 08:34 AM IST | London | Agencies
Junior doctors, who form the backbone of hospital and clinic care, have been locked in the pay dispute with the government since late 2022
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Doctors demonstrating outside St Thomas’ Hospital in central London. Pic/AFP
Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout on Thursday in a long-running dispute with the government over pay and working conditions, disrupting hospital services just days before the UK general election.
The five-day strike by junior doctors—those in the early years of their careers—shines a spotlight on the troubles besetting the chronically underfunded National Health Service, Britain’s state-funded public health system, a topic that is a top concern for voters going to the polls on July 4.
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