The junior doctors’ strike led to the cancellation of care for more than 110,000 patients in England

More than 110,000 patients had their NHS care canceled due to the trainee doctors’ strike which ended on Tuesday. show numbers.

The impact of the six-day disruption means that the health service in England has now had to reschedule more than 1.3 million appointments as a result of industrial action over the past thirteen months.

“The longest strike in the history of the NHS has led to unprecedented disruption for patients and their families, and while staff have planned extensively and worked tirelessly to keep patients safe, this has once again come at a huge cost,” said Prof .Sir Stephen Powis, Head of Service. national medical director.

The strike was the tenth organized by trainee doctors since March as part of their long-running campaign to secure a 35% pay increase to tackle the big drop in their real income since 2008/2009.