NHS Facing ‘Huge and Growing Risk’ as Junior Doctors Launch 5-day Strike

Longest walkout of its kind in the NHS’s history

Junior doctor members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside University College London (UCL) hospital in Euston, north London, on July 13, 2023. James Manning/PA Media

The NHS is facing a “huge and growing risk” amid disruptions caused by continuous industrial action, health service bosses have warned.

Junior doctors launched a five-day strike on Thursday, in what is being described as the longest walkout of its kind in the NHS’s history amid ongoing protests over pay.