Key Summary
- NHS says services are running as normal despite the doctors’ strike.
- Key services like GPs, pharmacies and emergency care remain open.
- Staff praised for working extra hard to keep patients safe.
The NHS claims it has provided uninterrupted healthcare services amidst the doctors’ strike and has urged the public to avail all its services.
The current and fifteenth set of strikes by the doctors will end on 13 April, 6:59 am, and the NHS has assured that GP practices, pharmacies, NHS 111 and urgent and emergency care services will continue to be available during the last two days of strike action.
The strike action was challenging as it began immediately after the Easter holidays.
Professor Ramani Moonesinghe, national clinical director for Critical and Perioperative Care at NHS England said, “It has been particularly challenging to fill rotas off the back of the Easter bank holiday weekend, and we are immensely grateful to the staff who have gone above and beyond to provide cover so that hospitals can weather the storm and limit disruption for patients.”
She lauded the NHS staff for “responded heroically” to keep patients safe and ensure that people continued to get the care they needed.
