Doctors working in England's public health service on Tuesday launched what has been billed as the most disruptive strike in its history, in a dispute over pay and working conditions.
The four-day walkout, which began at 7:00, follows months of strikes by other public and private sector staff as inflation sparks the UK's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
They are demanding a pay rise of 35 percent, which they say is needed to help make up for more than a decade of salary cuts in real terms. The government maintains the BMA's request is unaffordable, as ministers try to dampen wage demands across the public sector amid stagnant growth and high inflation.
Their latest walkout will pile"immense pressures" on the service, NHS England medical director Stephen Powis warned.This is a significant set of industrial action that's going to cause major disruption.Up to a quarter of a million appointments could be postponed, according to the NHS Confederation, which represents the system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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