Warning to millions as doctors' strikes set to cause chaos as Brits fall ill in the heat | The Sun
DOCTORS’ strikes this week will have an “enormous” impact and cause chaos as Brits fall ill in the heat.
NHS chiefs warned older people to keep cool as temperatures edge towards 30C.
They said thousands of appointments and operations have already been cancelled.
Junior doctors in the British Medical Association will strike from Wednesday until Saturday morning in their latest protest for a 35 per cent pay bump.
Around 27,000 walked out in the last strike in April and 196,000 appointments were postponed.
NHS Providers, which represents hospital bosses, called for union leaders and ministers to put an end to the spat.
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Professor Sir Stephen Powis, medical director at NHS England, said: “We know that this next set of strikes will have an enormous impact on routine care for patients and on the waiting list.
“As we enter the seventh month of industrial action across the NHS, we are now seeing an extraordinary cumulative impact on our services and crucially on our staff.”
BMA committee leader Dr Rob Laurenson on Sunday threatened to keep strikes going into next spring.
NHS chiefs fear patients struck down by warm weather will face longer waits with thousands of doctors out on picket lines.
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An amber health alert was in place over the weekend as elderly people and those with serious heart or lung conditions are more likely to collapse or have flare-ups in the heat.
NHS England said people should stay out of the sun in the afternoon and close curtains and windows to keep their house cool.
Saffron Cordery, chief of NHS Providers, said: “This three-day strike will cause huge disruption to the NHS.
“This can’t continue – we risk sleepwalking into a summer of strikes if talks don’t resume as a matter of urgency.”
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