Joint Junior Doctor and Consultant Strike Will Lead to ‘Unprecedented Disruption’ NHS Leaders Warn

NHS trust leaders say that they have “never seen this kind of industrial action in its history” after tenth months of strikes and record high waiting lists.

Junior doctor members of the British Medical Association on the picket line outside University College London Hospital at the start a four-day strike on Aug. 11, 2023. (Aaron Chown/PA))

A “historic” joint walkout by junior doctors and consultants this week will cause “unprecedented disruption for patients,” according to NHS leaders.

Consultants in England will walk out for 48 hours from Tuesday and will be joined by their junior colleagues on Wednesday, the latter will then continue their strike over pay on Thursday and Friday, a first by both groups in the NHS’s service’s 75-year history.