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Article thumbnail: File photo dated 20/12/2023 of junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside University College Hospital, London, during their continuing dispute over pay. Patient safety will be put at risk in the next round of junior doctor strikes in England, NHS Confederation chief executive Matthew Taylor has warned as he pleaded for ministers and the British Medical Association (BMA) to end the dispute. Junior doctors in England have returned to work after a 72-hour stoppage, but are preparing for the longest strike in NHS history from January 3. Issue date: Saturday December 23, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire
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NHS official says strike hampered efforts to discharge patients for Christmas

Some patients, who would otherwise have gone home to spend Christmas with families, have not been able to be discharged due to a shortage of staff

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Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30 File photo dated 18/01/23 of a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward, as Age Scotland has said a survey showing almost a third of over-50s questioned had paid or would be willing to pay for medical procedures due to difficulties accessing NHS treatment is evidence of an emerging two-tier system of healthcare in Scotland. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday August 30, 2023. See PA story SCOTLAND Healthcare. Photo credit should read: Jeff Moore/PA Wire
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If junior doctors get paid when on strike, and how much they earn

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Patients face Christmas in hospital as striking doctors can't discharge them

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Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 02: Junior doctors and consultants picket outside University College Hospital at the beginning of a three day strike over pay, on October 02, 2023 in London, England. The 72-hour work stoppage is the second joint walkout by groups of junior doctors and NHS consultants who are members of the British Medical Association. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 02: Junior doctors and consultants picket outside University College Hospital at the beginning of a three day strike over pay, on October 02, 2023 in London, England. The 72-hour work stoppage is the second joint walkout by groups of junior doctors and NHS consultants who are members of the British Medical Association. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 20: Junior Doctors attend their picket line at UCLH at Euston on December 20, 2023 in London, England. The NHS is expecting widespread disruption as almost half of the medical workforce in England go on strike during one of the busiest periods of the year. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 20: Junior Doctors attend their picket line at UCLH at Euston on December 20, 2023 in London, England. The NHS is expecting widespread disruption as almost half of the medical workforce in England go on strike during one of the busiest periods of the year. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20 File photon dated 13/07/2023 of junior doctor's and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary at the start a five-day strike amid the continuing dispute over pay, the longest walkout of its kind in the history of the NHS. The NHS is bracing for a difficult few days as almost half of the medical workforce in England are set to go on strike during one of the busiest periods of the year. Issue date: Wednesday December 20, 2023. PA Photo. Junior doctors are to take to picket lines from 7am on December 20 to 7am on December 23 in a major escalation in the bitter dispute over pay. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20 File photon dated 13/07/2023 of junior doctor's and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary at the start a five-day strike amid the continuing dispute over pay, the longest walkout of its kind in the history of the NHS. The NHS is bracing for a difficult few days as almost half of the medical workforce in England are set to go on strike during one of the busiest periods of the year. Issue date: Wednesday December 20, 2023. PA Photo. Junior doctors are to take to picket lines from 7am on December 20 to 7am on December 23 in a major escalation in the bitter dispute over pay. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire