Consultants’ strike to put NHS care in England ‘at a standstill’, says top doctor

Sir Stephen Powis says two-day strike over pay will cause most severe impact ever seen in the NHS as result of industrial action

Planned NHS hospital care in England will be virtually at a standstill" on Thursday and Friday when consultants stage their first strike in a decade, the service's top doctor said.

Their two-day strike over pay will cause the most severe impact we have ever seen in the NHS as a result of industrial action", Prof Sir Stephen Powis said on Wednesday.