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NHS doctors begin five-day strike amid staff cuts warning

Resident doctors across England will walk out from 7am on Friday, November 14 to 7am on Wednesday, November 19 in a national strike over pay, the British Medical Association said.
Demanding a 26% uplift, the BMA says doctors need it to restore earnings after inflation, while Health Secretary Wes Streeting said pay rose 28.9% and he will not increase it further.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust said `hospital services may be impacted but we are working hard to minimise disruption to patients` and last time more than 54,000 procedures were cancelled despite 93% of planned activity.
NHS Confederation chief executive Matthew Taylor warned tens of thousands of tests, appointments and operations are likely delayed or cancelled, and NHS leaders say ongoing strikes could force cuts to frontline staff and services.
The five-day action is the 13th walkout by doctors, and with flu already beginning to bite, leaders warn strikes risk leaving the National Health Service limping into a difficult winter.

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