Hospital doctors in England launch new strike ahead of election

Members of the Just Treatment campaign group drop a banner from Westminster Bridge in central London in support of a strike by junior doctors calling for better pay and conditions on June 27, 2024, a week before the July 4 general election. Photo: AFP

Junior hospital doctors in England on Thursday began a five-day strike, a week before a general election in which the state of the publicly funded National Health Service is a major issue.It follows nearly a dozen similar actions by doctors below the specialist, consultant level over the last 18 months.The NHS is grappling with a...