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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas and Jabed Ahmed

UNBELIEVABLE: Doctors strike over 29 pay rise risks breaking nhs streeting warns | History Defined

Patients are facing tens of thousands of operations and appointments being cancelled at the last minute after doctors announced a five-day walkout in an escalating row over pay.

Health secretary Wes Streeting accused union leaders of threatening the NHS recovery, warning the health service was “hanging by a thread”.

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