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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rachel Hall

EXPLAINED: Majority back nhs strikes despite disruption polls show - The Real Truth

Junior doctors and supporters in Oxford at the start of a strike on 14 June
Junior doctors and supporters in Oxford at the start of a strike on 14 June. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

Most Britons support healthcare workers in their wave of strikes over pay and conditions this year despite the worsening disruption, polling shows.

About two-thirds of the public said they supported striking nurses, ambulance workers and junior doctors, despite growing numbers of appointments and operations having to be cancelled, according to Ipsos polling carried out between January and June.

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