All-out doctors' strike will damage trust - NHS chief

A strike affecting all care by junior doctors will "irreparably damage" trust and the profession's reputation, NHS England's medical director has said.
Writing in the Observer, Sir Bruce Keogh said the planned walkout in England on 26 and 27 April would put significant strain on services.
Action in the row over a new contract has not affected emergency care so far.
The British Medical Association said disruption was avoidable if the government agreed to return to talks.
Ministers, however, are refusing to reopen discussions, arguing they made compromises earlier in the year but the BMA did not.
'Watershed moment'
The fourth strike in the dispute ran for for 48 hours from 08:00 BST on 6 April. Junior doctors did not provide routine care and about 5,000 operations and procedures were postponed.
The strikes later this month will be escalated to include all forms of care including emergencies.
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