Safety Fears As Junior Doctors Announce 'Worst Ever NHS Strike'

Safety fears have been raised for patients after junior doctors announced a "full withdrawal of labour" over five days later this month as the dispute over working contracts rumbles on. Figures have suggested up to 5,000 operations a day could be cancelled during the strike action, with five-day walkouts planned every month until the end of the year. Chief executive Niall Dickson said: "The decision of the British Medical Association's leadership to call on doctors in training in England to