Cancer operations axed during doctors’ strike as ‘BMA demands extortionate pay rates’

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The Independent understands the BMA demanded that consultants who were asked to step in to cover strikes be paid thousands of pounds to cover a single night shift

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Crucial cancer surgeries have been cancelled during the doctors’ strike, The Independent understands, amid claims the union demanded “extortionate” pay rates for staff to leave picket lines to respond to patients in need.