Majority back NHS strikes despite disruption, polls show

Exclusive: Surveys show steady support for industrial action by doctors and nurses in pay dispute

Most Britons support healthcare workers in their wave of strikes over pay and conditions this year despite the worsening disruption, polling shows.

About two-thirds of the public said they supported striking nurses, ambulance workers and junior doctors, despite growing numbers of appointments and operations having to be cancelled, according to Ipsos polling carried out between January and June.