Medical students urged to fill gaps when junior doctors strike in England

Exclusive: Several NHS organisations have asked unqualified medics to provide support during strikes later this month

Unqualified medical students are being urged to provide clinical support in English hospitals when tens of thousands of junior doctors go on strike this month, the Guardian can reveal.

The NHS faces the prospect of unprecedented disruption to services from 13 March when junior doctors strike for 72 hours in an increasingly bitter row over pay, morale and safe staffing levels.