Britain braces for 'unparalleled' disruption from doctors' strike


FILE PHOTO: People attend a protest by junior doctors, amid a dispute with the government over pay, in London, Britain, March 13, 2023. REUTERS/May James/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the government to warn of a risk to patient safety.

Tens of thousands of junior doctors — qualified physicians who make up nearly half of the medical workforce — are striking for pay rises better aligned with inflation, in a walkout that follows a three-day doctors' strike last month.

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