BMA rejects NHS claim that less than third of resident doctors went on strike

Union says complex work schedules and paid leave make it almost impossible to know how many took part

The doctors union has rejected NHS figures showing that less than a third of resident doctors joined strike action in England last week and 93% of planned operations and procedures went ahead.

NHS England said it maintained care for an estimated 10,000 more patients during the latest doctors' strike compared with last year's, while the health secretary, Wes Streeting, seized on the figures and said it was time to move past the cycle of disruption".