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It is the longest doctors’ strike in the history of the NHS.

Members of the British Medical Association BMA and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association HCSA are taking part in the strike action

Doctors are mounting picket lines outside hospitals from 7am today until Saturday morning in the longest stoppage of the wave of unrest, which has seen other NHS workers take action since last year

Up to a quarter of a million appointments could be postponed in the longest stoppage of the wave of unrest in the UK.

Four days of industrial action begins as worsening dispute over pay threatens huge disruption to NHS

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.

Four days of industrial action begins as worsening dispute over pay threatens huge disruption to NHS

Health secretary Steve Barclay says pay demands ‘unrealistic’ and attacks union’s ‘militant stance’

Junior doctors will walk out until Saturday

Strike is expected to lead to 350,000 appointments including operations being cancelled

Hospitals to have as few as half the number of senior doctors available as during previous strike action, with cancer services and critical care among the casualties