As hospitals inquire non-emergency patients to stay absent from A&E we would like to know how you are affected by the latest industrial action by junior doctors
NHS hospitals are finalising plans to cope with unprecedented strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday this week as junior doctors will refuse to work in life-or-death areas of care,including acute medicine, maternity services, and emergency surgery and intensive care.
Hospitals are asking patients to stay absent from A&E during the walkouts,which will be staged from 8am to 5pm each day, unless it is an emergency and are bringing in consultants as cover. A total of 12711 non-urgent operations and 112856 outpatient appointments have been cancelled as portion of determined efforts to ensure patients’ safety when there are far fewer doctors on duty than usual.
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Source: theguardian.com