Patients in Hull and East Yorkshire are being warned of cancelled appointments when hospital doctors go on strike for six days in a pay dispute.<\/p>\n
Industrial action by the British Medical Association will start at 07:00 BST on 7 April and will run until 07:00 BST on 13 April.<\/p>\n
Contingency plans have been put in place by hospital trusts, but some disruption appears inevitable.<\/p>\n
Sam Peate, from the NHS Humber Health Partnership, which has hospitals in Goole and Hull that will be affected by the strike, said: \u00ab\u00a0Unfortunately, it is unavoidable that some patients will have their appointments and procedures postponed as a result of the action.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
He said the cancellations would \u00ab\u00a0allow us to prioritise urgent and emergency care and cancer patients. This is regrettable, but necessary to allow us to focus on the most seriously ill\/injured of our patients.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Affected patients will be contacted in advance.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
It will be the 15th walkout by hospital doctors since March 2023.<\/p>\n
The BMA said it was taking action as the government had not done enough to address pay claims and concerns about job shortages.<\/p>\n
It argues that resident doctors’ pay is 20% lower in real terms than it was in 2008.<\/p>\n
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has previously said the BMA’s expectations were \u00ab\u00a0beyond reasonable and realistic\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n
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