Tens of thousands face NHS cancellations as six-day strike begins in England

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Tens of thousands of patients will have their care cancelled from Wednesday in England amid massive disruption caused by a six-day strike by junior doctors — the longest in the NHS's 75-year history.

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03 Jan 2024

Health charities said people whose appointments were postponed – including those with cancer and sight problems – would be left anxious, upset and at risk that their condition could worsen because the stoppage had led to a delay in them receiving help.

The Patients Association said patient safety could be compromised because hospitals had too few staff to cope with the industrial action, which begins at 7am. It urged ministers and the British Medical Association (BMA) to bring in mediators to help settle the long-running dispute over junior doctors’ pay after negotiations before Christmas ended in deadlock.

“There’s likely to be many, many thousands of appointments cancelled or rescheduled again, and that’s on top of the 1.2m we’ve already seen during well over a year now with periods of industrial action,” said Prof Sir Stephen Powis, NHS