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NHS issues urgent message to people in Greater Manchester over Christmas period
20.12.2023 - 07:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The NHS has issued an urgent warning as strikes hit Greater Manchester hospitals again from today with staff facing record demand across emergency care.
Patients are being urged to choose NHS services wisely as junior doctors across the region walk out from 7am today (December 20) until 7am on Saturday (December 23).
The widespread disruption will see services ‘stretched’ over the festive period, typically the busiest time of year for the health service, with almost all routine care impacted. An extra admin burden and difficulties with discharging patients are also expected.
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Health chiefs in Greater Manchester have warned that a significant amount of planned care will be affected, and that many services will have avoided scheduling planned appointments altogether.
The NHS will prioritise urgent and emergency care as senior clinicians, including consultants and specialist doctors, step in to cover for junior doctors, who make up 50 per cent of the medical workforce.
After Christmas and New Year, the longest action ever by junior doctors is then planned from 7am on January 3 to 7am on January 9, meaning that in the coming three weeks, only four weekdays in the NHS are unaffected by holidays or industrial action.
Dr Michael Gregory, Regional Medical Director for NHS England North West, has warned the industrial action will see services stretched even further than usual amid winter challenges.
He said: “NHS staff have been working incredibly hard to plan and prepare for the busy winter
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