Bedraggled, befuddled and beaten. No, not Manchester United traipsing off in midweek but the Reds leaving the Brentford Community Stadium a little over a year ago.
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For the first time in NHS history, hospital consultants and junior doctors are walking out on the same day this week - expected to bring some parts of the health service to a standstill.
Across the north west, hospital consultants will strike from 7am today (Tuesday 19 September) to 7am on 21 September. Junior doctors will then join the consultants on strike from 7am on Wednesday 20 September to 7am on 23 September, bringing almost all routine care to a grinding halt for 24 hours of joint industrial action, the NHS has warned. On Wednesday 20 September 2023 from 7am, both junior doctors and consultants will deliver ‘Christmas day levels of staffing’ only.
That means only emergency care will be provided, with very limited elective activity - including planned operations like joint replacements, issues causing serious blood loss - reserved for those in most urgent need will take place on days of industrial action.
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The junior doctor title applies to all grades in the hospital below a consultant. They have been covered by consultants in previous strike action.
But in contrast to strike action among other staff groups, no other clinicians can provide cover for consultants, so any planned care delivered by junior doctors or other healthcare professionals, that requires even remote consultant supervision will need to be rescheduled. This means a significant amount of planned care will be affected, and many services will have avoided scheduling planned appointments altogether.
One leading consultant says these strikes are 'life or death for the
Bedraggled, befuddled and beaten. No, not Manchester United traipsing off in midweek but the Reds leaving the Brentford Community Stadium a little over a year ago.
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