Junior doctors in England to stage four-day strike in August
by Andrew Gregory Health editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6D9MF)
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Ministers are under fresh pressure to resolve the NHS pay row after junior doctors announced they will stage a four-day strike next month that is likely to lead to thousands more cancelled operations.
Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, and Steve Barclay, the health secretary, have so far both repeatedly stuck to the line that the government's pay offer of 6% is final.
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