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UK junior doctors begin 4-day strike, seeking hefty pay hike

By AP News - Apr 11, 2023, 12:08 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 22, 2023, 08:58 AM EDT
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Tens of thousands of doctors have walked off the job across England in a four-day strike billed as the most disruptive in the history of the U.K.’s public health service

LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of doctors walked off the job across England on Tuesday, kicking off a four-day strike billed as the most disruptive in the history of the U.K.’s public health service.

The walkout by junior doctors, who form the backbone of hospital and clinic care in the National Health Service, is due to last until 7 a.m. on Saturday.

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Picket lines formed outside major hospitals and hundreds of doctors marched past the prime minister's 10 Downing St. residence to Parliament, chanting “We are off to Australia” — in reference to doctors' higher wages abroad.

Junior doctors — those in the first years of their careers — make up almost half of all NHS doctors. Health service bosses say as many as 350,000 scheduled operations and appointments will be canceled during the walkout. Senior doctors and other medics have had to be drafted in to cover for emergency services, critical care and maternity services.

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