The National Health Service (NHS) is facing significant strain as junior doctors' strikes lead to the cancellation and postponement of operations and treatments in the Midlands. ITV Central has reached out to the public for personal accounts of how the strikes have affected their medical care via [email protected]. Meanwhile, London hospitals are experiencing a two-thirds increase in flu patients within a week, adding pressure to the NHS during what is anticipated to be the longest junior doctors strike in its history. The situation has sparked a debate on whether junior doctors should continue their strike during the winter crisis, with AliMirajUK suggesting 'they jolly well should' get back to work. Amidst these challenges, two anaesthetists have undertaken a mission to clear the NHS backlog, reportedly completing 20 operations in a single Saturday. This approach raises questions about the viability of fast surgery as a solution to the backlog. In a related development, a junior doctors' strike leader has expressed considering leaving Britain to work in Canada.
Junior doctors’ strike leader: ‘I may leave Britain to work in Canada’ https://t.co/JAEDcnWL7h
Interesting piece about the two anaesthetists on a mission to clear the NHS backlog and how they did 20 operations on one Saturday - can radical fast surgery really be the answer to the NHS backlog? https://t.co/AStW3sbtYv
'I don't remember a year where the NHS is not in crisis during winter.' Should junior doctors get back to work for these winter months? @AliMirajUK's answer, 'they jolly well should'. https://t.co/xVUMiGDhlN
The number of flu patients in London hospitals is up by two-thirds in a week, data shows, as the NHS braces for the longest junior doctors strike in history https://t.co/DABM4zfsHp
Have you had an operation or treatment cancelled or postponed in the Midlands because of junior doctors' strikes? Comment below or get in touch via email - [email protected]. 📷: PA https://t.co/psNecdWPnH
Have you had an operation or treatment cancelled or postponed because of junior doctors' strikes? Comment below or get in touch via email - [email protected]. 📷: PA https://t.co/8u0IcJzbCG