NHS senior doctors first strike in a decade

<p>Thousands of NHS consultants are striking across England, causing large-scale disruption to patient care.</p><p>Senior doctors and hospital dentists in the British Medical Association walked out for 48 hours until 7am on Saturday in a pay dispute.</p><p>BMA consultants, like junior doctors, are seeking a 35 per cent pay rise to correct a real terms fall - the Government’s offering six per cent</p><p>Thousands of operations, procedures and appointments have been cancelled and are being rescheduled after the biggest consultant pickets in a decade.</p><p>It comes just two days after junior doctors staged a five-day walkout, the longest in NHS history.</p><p>The Leader podcast hears the latest from Evening Standard health reporter Daniel Keane.</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>