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Wes Streeting urges doctors to call off the strikes as action is likely to see tens of thousands of operations and appointments cancelled
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Patients are facing tens of thousands of operations and appointments being cancelled at the last minute after doctors announced a five-day walkout in an escalating row over pay.
Health secretary Wes Streeting accused union leaders of threatening the NHS recovery, warning the health service was “hanging by a thread”.
