Streeting praises resident doctors who defied call to go on strike

FEWER than a third of resident doctors joined strikes last week, NHS England has said.

- By Ben Borland

The number that took part in the five-day walkout was down 7.5% (1,243) on the previous round of industrial action in July last year, it said.

But the British Medical Association said complex work schedules and doctors taking leave make this information “almost impossible to know”.

NHS England said it cared for an estimated 10,000 more patients during the latest doctors’ strike compared with last year’s and 93% of planned operations, tests and procedures went ahead.

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