What you need to know about the junior doctors' strike by the BBC's Zoe Conway.
More than 36,000 junior doctors are set to strike on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in England.
The British Medical Association calls it pay restoration after cuts of 26% once inflation is taken into account since 2008.Junior doctors represent around 45% of the medical workforce in England. It means NHS bosses are drafting in consultants and other senior doctors to cover them in emergency care, such as A&E and intensive care.Are the two sides talking?
Instead, the government is concentrating on reaching a deal with the 14 health unions representing NHS staff other than doctors after they suspended their strike action.
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