NHS senior doctors first strike in a decade
Consultants 48-hour pay row walkout, disrupting patient care
The Standard · Rachelle Abbott
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Thousands of NHS consultants are striking across England, causing large-scale disruption to patient care.
Senior doctors and hospital dentists in the British Medical Association walked out for 48 hours until 7am on Saturday in a pay dispute.
BMA consultants, like junior doctors, are seeking a 35 per cent pay rise to correct a real terms fall - the Government’s offering six per cent
Thousands of operations, procedures and appointments have been cancelled and are being rescheduled after the biggest consultant pickets in a decade.
It comes just two days after junior doctors staged a five-day walkout, the longest in NHS history.
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