Consultant doctors and hospital-based dentists are set to strike for 48 hours, starting from 7 am on Thursday until 7 am on Saturday, in a move that is expected to bring routine care in the NHS to a virtual standstill. This comes just days after junior doctors concluded their five-day strike, marking the longest period of industrial action in NHS history.
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The strikes by consultants and hospital-based dentists will have a severe impact on planned care involving junior doctors, as other clinicians are unable to provide cover for consultants. Any planned care delivered by junior doctors or other healthcare professionals that requires even remote consultant supervision will need to be rescheduled. As a result, a significant amount of planned care involving junior doctors will be affected this week, according to NHS England.
