Million Appointments Cancelled Amid NHS Strikes Are ‘Tip of the Iceberg’: NHS Confederation

Million Appointments Cancelled Amid NHS Strikes Are ‘Tip of the Iceberg’: NHS Confederation
An ambulance outside a Accident and Emergency Department in the United Kingdom on Jan. 6, 2022. Dominic Lipinski/PA Media
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The number of cancelled hospital appointments caused by NHS strikes will soon reach 1 million and are only “the tip of the iceberg,” the head of the NHS Confederation has said.

It comes as junior doctors, who make up around half of all doctors in the NHS, are about to begin another four-day action on Friday in an ongoing dispute over pay.

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