A four-day walkout by junior doctors across England straight after the Easter break is putting patients at 'greater risk', says Health Secretary Steve Barclay.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme as the walkout began on Tuesday morning, Mr Powis warned it "will take weeks" to recover from the strikes as "services will undoubtedly be affected".
Mental health services and some GP surgeries are also expected to be impacted, while the NHS said it will prioritise keeping critical care, maternity, neonatal care, and trauma operations running. Neuroscientist Dr Camilla Hill, 42, from Nottingham, has also been affected. She has had two knee operations cancelled because of the junior doctors' strikes - one this week and one back in March. She now has a third date scheduled for 25 April.
Junior doctors say their demanding for a 35% increase in pay is to compensate for 15 years of below-inflation wage increases.
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