The Northern Echo
The NHS maintained more than 95% of planned care during the most recent round of doctors’ strikes, according to data from the health service.
Tens of thousands of resident doctors went on strike in a dispute over pay across England between November 14 and 19.
The five-day action, called by the British Medical Association (BMA), was the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023, with the last strike in July estimated to have cost the health service £300 million.
Resident doctors make up around half the medical workforce in the NHS and have up to eight years’ experience working as a hospital doctor or three years as a GP.
The last time they went on strike more than 54,000 procedures and appointments needed to be cancelled or rescheduled, despite the NHS maintaining 93% of planned activity
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