The National Health Service (NHS) has experienced the most disruptive strike in its 75-year history, with junior doctors participating in strike action that lasted six days and led to a significant patient backlog. The strike, described as the longest in NHS history, has raised concerns over patient safety, with reports of lives being put at risk amid surging winter pressures. Clinical support workers, including those at Arrowe Park Hospital, joined the strike for four weeks due to an ongoing dispute over pay. The strike has resulted in over 113,000 patient operations, appointments, and procedures being postponed, and its impact is expected to last for months. As the strike comes to an end, there is a sense of relief, but junior doctors are set to extend their strike mandate. The figures indicating the number of cancellations have been reported by various news outlets, highlighting the extensive disruption caused by the industrial action.
The longest strike in NHS history, during which junior doctors walked out for six days, led to more than 113,000 patient operations, appointments and procedures being postponed, new figures show Read more🔗 https://t.co/ZBeUkL9y6i
Longest strike in NHS history leads to over 113,000 cancellations - and impact may last for 'months' Read more🔗 https://t.co/ScpgLsmWnU
Longest strike in NHS history leads to more than 113,000 cancellations https://t.co/ZeUQBvWisO
Junior doctors’ strike led to more than 110,000 patients in England having care cancelled https://t.co/ecuamAEC0G
Junior doctors to extend strike mandate as longest walkout in NHS history ends https://t.co/ClZMxtxauA
Sense of relief as longest NHS strike in history comes to an end, ITV News' @beccabarry reports https://t.co/WUIutT3xjh
Sense of relief as longest NHS strike in history comes to an end https://t.co/mHHQUNRtIs
Paul Nowak from @The_TUC on the picket line at Arrowe Park Hospital where Clinical Support Workers are on strike for four weeks in an ongoing dispute over pay #Strike #NHS @unisontheunion https://t.co/Zk7YSrT0Lv
‘People are dying’: Britons fume over longest strike in NHS history amid surging winter pressures https://t.co/bT4aPCrtw0
‘Patients lives are being put at risk!’ Health and Social Affairs Editor at the Sunday Express, Lucy Johnston, discusses the longest strike in NHS history currently taking place. https://t.co/cIg01Hzd0w
’This is set to be the most disruptive in the NHS’s 75 years.’ GB News Yorkshire and Humber Reporter, @annarileynews, speaks to junior doctors participating in strike action amidst a patient backlog building up. https://t.co/eH3f7TtPHt