Junior doctors’ strike: hospitals ‘worried about overnight patient safety’
by Denis Campbell and Aubrey Allegretti from on (#6AP7P)
Bosses say they are concerned because of a shortage of consultants available to cover for striking staff
Hospital bosses are worried about keeping patients safe overnight this week because of a shortage of consultants available to cover for striking junior doctors.
When junior doctors in England staged their first strike in mid-March in their pay dispute with the government, their consultant colleagues covered for them for the three days involved.
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