Junior doctors’ strikes have cost NHS £1billion, according to health chief

Junior doctor strikes have cost the NHS about £1 billion, according to a senior health boss, as a fifth round of industrial action threatens further disruption to patient care. Sir Julian Hartley, chief executive of NHS Providers, said hospital trusts were having to “pay premium rates to consultants” to cover the roles of junior doctors while they were on picket lines. The walkouts are expected to lead to one million procedures and appointments being cancelled and rearranged by the time the round of action is over in four days’ time, he said. Starting on Friday, the latest round of strike action from British Medical Association (BMA) junior doctors in England will end at 7am on Tuesday August 15 as the bitter pay dispute with the Government continues. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheScottishDailyRecord Daily Record IG: https://instagram.com/scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Twitter: https://twitter.com/Daily_Record Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/ You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #nhs #strike

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