industrial action
"I don’t believe the British people are safe with this government running the NHS," Dr Andrew Meyerson said.
An estimated 250,000 appointments, including operations, will be cancelled in what could be the most disruptive walkout in NHS history.
"Not fit for purpose” or fair apolitical judges?
Rail workers may have triggered the first mass walkouts, but widespread industrial action has only just begun.
Healthcare workers have already suffered a "year of hell", one staff nurse says, as unions warn of industrial action.
Care workers and cleaners say they have been “left with no choice” but to launch a strike.
Union bosses say 97% of workers were in favour of industrial action, where unpaid overtime and lengthy shifts on constant "high alert" are the norm.
As many as 43,000 uni workers are set to walk out over pensions, pay and working conditions.
Around 110,000 members of the Communication Workers Union were balloted in the dispute over pay, conditions and employment terms.
The decision comes just hours before industrial action is due to start.