Junior doctors’ strike will have unprecedented impact on NHS, says top medic

Walkout will cause even more disruption than recent action by nurses, ambulance staff and physiotherapists

Next week's strike by junior doctors will lead to unprecedented major disruption" of the NHS and affect thousands of patients' care, the service's top doctor warned on Saturday.

Many hospitals in England have already postponed outpatient appointments or non-urgent operations ahead of the stoppage on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.